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If you were to ask me who the most influential authors were to me growing up, I think McManus would have to be pretty high on the list. I can remember reading his books when I was only 8 or 9 and not understanding half of it but loving the half that made sense!! A collection of articles originally published in Outdoor Life during McManus's tenure as a columnist there, these are anecdotal takes about hunting, fishing, camping, growing up poor, ⬇️

“it‘s fall and the world is a playground of leaves.

Quite entertaining 😄 I was intrigued by the title & blurbs: “high class humor” & “immortalizing the ridiculous”, but I was unfamiliar with the book & author. Patrick McManus was a writer of outdoorsy humor & a frequent contributor of pieces to periodicals. This book is a collection of stories about his misadventures - hunting (including grasshoppers), fishing, etc with friends. Fun as bedtime reading, but LOLing isn‘t good for winding down 😆

McManus used to write articles for magazines like Outdoor Life, and most of his books are collections of those articles, about hunting, fishing, and growing up in the sticks of Idaho. My dad loves McManus, and I have been gleaning life-lessons from his writing all my life. Like most collections, some of these shorts were stronger than others, but everyone one of them made me laugh at least once.

Here's my #weeklyforecast - eclectic as usual! Currently enjoying the tagged book, which I haven't read in years. Swiss Family Robinson is an #lmpbc read for #GroupC so I am looking forward to it.

@Cinfhen

Hunting, fishing, pranks, and Redneck humor!! If that is your thing, this book is for you.

Rules for getting lost

On summer reading

Finally got this book, I'm only 100 pages in, but so far, it's been really good! I will update once I finish it, but so far, I totally recommend it!
#OneOfUsIsLying #YANovel #Mystery #Teen #Pick #Nerd #Bookworm #McManus