A Fine and Pleasant Misery

A Fine and Pleasant Misery | Patrick F. McManus

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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, ⬇️

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) and more, with every page full of his dry humor. Out of this collection I especially loved the chapter “The Theory and Application of Old Men“ (“If you're a kid, what you need is someone who can take you out hunting or fishing or just poking around in the woods anytime you feel the urge. That's an old man.“), “Grogan's War Surplus“ (“The machete was needed anytime you needed to slash out your own trail. This necessity arose more often ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) than a person who is not a kid with a machete might think.“) and of course “The Great Cow Plot“ because no one understands how inherently evil cows actually are better than Patrick McManus (and I say this as someone who has worked with cows for many a year haha)

These little snippets of humor were just what I needed over the weekend. If you disagree with hunting and fishing, he probably isn't the author for you, but there is still a lot⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) of universal wisdom to be found in McManus's writing.

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Librarybelle Oh! 1970s…awesome!! 2y

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