Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Equally charming when discussing hunting, fishing or canine flatulence, McManus is the kind of guy you'd like to crack open a beer and sit by a campfire with." Kirkus Reviews
Review
"Readers familiar with McManus' writings will sink right in, grinning before they even crack open the book, and newcomers will find themselves seized with a compulsion to read the rest of McManus' numerous compilations." Booklist
About the Author
Patrick F. McManus was born and raised in Idaho and now lives there and in Spokane, Washington. He is a regular contributor to Outdoor Life, and a five-time New York Times best-selling author. The Grasshopper Trap, How I Got This Way, and The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw are among his best-known books.
Table of Contents
Contents
Kerplunk! 1
The Art of Trailering 7
Silent but Deadly 13
Excuses Excuses 19
Splitting Infinitives 27
Don't Annoy My Inner Frontiersman 33
Camping Out with LewisandClark 39
Strange Meets His Match 45
"Uh-oh!" (And Other Things Guides Shouldn't Say) 51
The Ideal Life 57
A Creek Too Far 63
The Perfect Hunt 69
Thirty Days 77
Where's Mr. Sun? 83
The Lucky Guy 89
Many Are Called 95
A Dimple in Time 101
Spare Me the Details (What Are the Odds of a Double Flat?) 105
The Haircut 113
Bed-and-Breakfast 119
Lenny 125
The Winter of Eighteen Months 133
Christmas Goose 139
Peak Experience 147
Back to Basics 155
People Who Hunt 161
For Every Smell, a Nose 167
The Ordinary 173
The Kind of Guy I Am 179
High-Centered (And Other Life Lessons) 185
A Look Too Many 191
The Eighty 195
Performance Netting 201
The Pasture 207
Predicament 213
Dalliance 219