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A Fine and Pleasant Misery
written by Patrick F. McManus
Studio : Holt Paperbacks
by Holt Paperbacks
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
Released : 1981-04-15
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780805000320
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 29 reviews)
List Price : $14.00
Our Price : $2.50
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Product Description |
More witty cautionary tales of outdoor life, by everybody's favorite expert on the subject, Patrick F. McManus. |
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Great |
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I grew up reading his books and am now ordering them as gifts for my kids. They shoot canoes don't they and a fine and pleasant misery are my favorites. |
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Laugh Out Loud |
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I bought the book for my father who luckily already had it and gave it to me. Makes you really remember what it was like being a kid playing outside...yes, I actually did laugh out loud - over and over! My 8 year old son wants me to read him the short story "The Two-Wheel ATV" repeatedly. |
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Some of the funniest outdoor yarns ever written |
A fine and pleasant misery is a collection of twenty eight of Pat McManus's early humor articles, most or all of which were written when he was writing for Field and Stream. He now writes for Outdoor life and when I receive my monthly issue of this publication in the mail the first place I always turn is to "The Last Laugh," but I still feel that the best of his stories were these earlier ones.
Some of the tales contained in this book such as The Modified Stationary Panic and Shooting the Chick-a-nout Narrows I have read ten times and laughed aloud each time. The way McManus relates to outdoor situations in his exaggerated manner will touch the funny bone of anyone who has ever spent time outdoors, hunting, fishing, camping or simply recalling their misadventures in the ignorance of youth.
McManus is a master at turning frightening and potentially dangerous situations into some of the funniest and most timeless stories ever written. In my opinion Patrick F. McManus is the best outdoor humor writer since Corey Ford.
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Typical Pat McManus |
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Even though this was McManus' first book of humor, it may have been his best. No they are all great, but "A Fine and Pleasant Misery" is close to the top. Stories about 'the modified stationary panic', 'Grogan's war surplus store', and 'shooting the chick-a-nout narrows will keep you rolling on the floor in uncontrollable laughter. McManus has a special way of leading you up to (what you think is the punch line), but then plunging deeper into an even funnier event of the story. |
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Good But Bad |
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This book is a good book for anyone that loves the outdoors and is somewhat older in age. It really just one big satire on camping that people do in the now. I think I am a little too young for this book, and I dont like camping or reading that much. It is easy reading and funny in parts. |
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