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The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw - by Patrick F McManus (Paperback)

The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw - by  Patrick F McManus (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>America's bestselling humorist introduces his readers to the the irascible Goombaw, Crazy Eddie Muldoon's grandmother...and other old and infamous friends in this volume that could only be by Patrick McManus.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>America's "most gifted outdoor humorist" (<i>Detroit Free Press</i>) regales readers with this collection of gut-busting, man vs. nature tales originally published in such magazines as <i>Field & Stream</i> and <i>Outdoor Living</i>.</b> <p/>Patrick F. McManus's hilarious and comic stories of camping and other nature-oriented activities reach ridiculous proportions in <i>The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw</i>. From teaching his stepfather the methods of madness behind farm work through his best friend's grandmother's fear of bears, McManus reveals that human behavior is even wilder than the wilderness.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Patrick McManus is a treasure." --<i>The Atlantic</i> <p/>"Everybody should read Patrick McManus." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor." --<i>People</i> <p/>"The funniest writer around today." --<i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution</i> <p/>"McManus captures the innocence most of us lose when we become grown-up, and reading him you can't help recalling similar times and events in your own life." --<i>Booklist</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Patrick F. McManus (1933-2018)</b> is the author of novels, plays, and more than a dozen collections of his humor columns from <i>Outdoor Life</i> and other magazines. There are nearly two million copies of his book in print, including his bestselling T<i>he Shoot Canoes, Don't They?</i>; <i>The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw</i>; and <i>A Fine and Pleasant Misery</i>.

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