Books with title By Patrick F. McManus - A Fine and Pleasant Misery

“A hilarious compilation” (Los Angeles Times), A Fine and Pleasant Misery gathers twenty-seven witty, cautionary tales of the outdoor life from beloved humorist Patrick F. McManus in a collection edited and introduced by Jack Samson, long-time editor-in-chief of Field & Stream.The great outdoors have never been rendered as hysterically as in the reminiscences―true and exaggerated―of Patrick F. McManus. If you’re thinking about getting back to nature, the surreal adventures chronicled here will make you think twice about giving it all up for a life of camping, hiking, and hunting.

“A hilarious compilation” (Los Angeles Times), A Fine and Pleasant Misery gathers twenty-seven witty, cautionary tales of the outdoor life from beloved humorist Patrick F. McManus in a collection edited and introduced by Jack Samson, long-time editor-in-chief of Field & Stream.The great outdoors have never been rendered as hysterically as in the reminiscences—true and exaggerated—of Patrick F. McManus. If you’re thinking about getting back to nature, the surreal adventures chronicled here will make you think twice about giving it all up for a life of camping, hiking, and hunting.

McManus, who wrote monthly for Field & Stream, writes about camping, hiking and hunting in the droll, exaggerated way that was made famous by Mark Twain. In all, 27 cautionary cases and prescriptions are served up in this book. For example: What is the proper procedure when lost in the woods? Contrary to popular opinion, McManus maintains that one SHOULD give way to panic, and gives various genres: modified stationary panic, full-bore linear panic, etc.