Never Cry "Arp!" and Other Great Adventures
by Patrick F. McManus
McManus Magazine Columns Collections (1996)
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America's best-selling outdoor humorist for adults has a secret following: middle-grade and young-adult readers. Never Cry "Arp!" is a lively collection of twelve stories about young Pat's misadventures in the Great American Wilderness. All the McManus regulars are here: Crazy Eddie Muldoon, the best friend everybody wishes they had (and everybody's mother wishes they didn't); Rancid Crabtree, the good-hearted, if gamey, woodsman; Pat's skunk dog, Strange, who lives up to his name; and Pat's show more pal, Retch Sweeney, who does, too. This is a book for kids who love to start fishing at 4am (at least they say they do) or for those who prefer to experience the mighty outdoors in the safety of their homes. show lessTags
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Never Cry "Arp" and Other Adventures
By Patrick F. McManus
I have read most of his books over the years and loved every one. My dad had a subscription for a magazine that had a story by this author in the back of each monthly delivery . I would make sure I read those stories although I never read anything else in the magazines.
These stories in the book are witty, fun, unpredictable, and absolutely hilarious. The characters are unique. Although I haven't read one of his books recently, the characters are so memorable that they all come flooding back to me. They are crazy fun, feel good books, because the characters are so believable! Read them all!
By Patrick F. McManus
I have read most of his books over the years and loved every one. My dad had a subscription for a magazine that had a story by this author in the back of each monthly delivery . I would make sure I read those stories although I never read anything else in the magazines.
These stories in the book are witty, fun, unpredictable, and absolutely hilarious. The characters are unique. Although I haven't read one of his books recently, the characters are so memorable that they all come flooding back to me. They are crazy fun, feel good books, because the characters are so believable! Read them all!
Hillarious! Great introduction to Idaho humor. Clever dialogue and word choice.
Short stories from previous books directed at the younger audience.
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Patrick Francis McManus was born in Sandpoint, Idaho on August 25, 1933. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1956 and a master's degree in journalism in 1959 from Washington State College, Pullman. He taught English, creative writing, and journalism at Eastern Washington State College from 1960 until he retirement in 1983. He was a show more magazine writer. From 1977 to 1982, he was a columnist and associate editor for Field and Stream magazine. From 1982 to 2009, he wrote a monthly humor column called the Last Laugh for Outdoor Life magazine and served as the publication's editor-at-large. His work has also appeared in Reader's Digest, Sports Illustrated, and the New York Times. He published 14 collections of his columns including A Fine and Pleasant Misery and The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories. His other books include Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, The Deer on a Bicycle: Excursions into the Writing of Humor, and Whatchagot Stew written with Patricia McManus Gass. He also wrote the Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery series. He died on April 11, 2018 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1996
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