Patrick F. McManus
Author
Series
Sheriff Bo Tully volume 6
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
vii, 231 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Bo Tully, sheriff of Blight County, Idaho, has dealt with small-town crime throughout his long, storied career. Now, contemplating retirement after years on the job, Tully is faced with perhaps his most perplexing case yet. When area bald eagles start getting picked off by a ghost-like killer, and when a prominent local rancher is murdered by an arrow with eagle fletching, things get complicated fast"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
c1989
Physical Desc
184 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
America's "most gifted outdoor humorist" (Detroit Free Press) regales readers with this collection of gut-busting, man vs. nature tales originally published in such magazines as Field & Stream and Outdoor Living.
Patrick F. McManus's hilarious and comic stories of camping and other nature-oriented activities reach ridiculous proportions in The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw. From teaching his stepfather the methods of madness behind farm work through...
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
c1991
Physical Desc
vi, 198 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bestsellers by America's favorite humorist:
A Fine And Pleasant Misery
They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?
Never Sniff A Gift Fish
The Grasshopper Trap
Rubber Legs And White Tail-hairs
The Night The Bear Ate Goombaw
Whatchagot Stew (with Patricia "The Troll" McManus Gass)
Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!
The Good Samaritan Strikes Again
How I Got This Way
These titles are available from Henry Holt and Company.
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
1986
Physical Desc
viii, 214 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Patrick F. McManus, the "funniest guy in the Outdoor Life and Field & Stream gang…offers another bag of whimsy in the Great Outdoors"* with The Grasshopper Trap.
In this collection of thirty zany stories, spoofing camping, fishing, and other outdoor recreational activities, McManus shares his hilarious wilderness misadventures. From facing an angry bear with an unloaded gun and the folly of running a boat while it's still on the trailer to not...
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
1984, ©1983
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Here are the hilarious tales of a sportsman's life in the great and often not-so great outdoors. McManus offers more cracker-barrel wisdom and zany insights into the agonies and ecstasies of hunting, fishing, and camping.
Author
Publisher
Audio Renaissance
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
6 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The beloved humorist and bestselling author returns with his most riotous collection of essays to date.
Overflowing with his trademark outdoorsman's wit, Patrick F. McManus's newest collection ponders the strange allure of the RV, the existential implications of being lost, the baffling tendency of animals to outsmart those who wish to hunt them, and the singular pleasure of doubling the size of every fish one doesn't actually catch.
Combining the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
202 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Bo Tully, sheriff of Blight County, Idaho, has seen his share of small-town crime. Fact is, everyone in the area knows Tully and his Blight Way of doing things. But when he and his deputy hike into the deep woods, tracking a suspected bank robber, little do they realize that they are about to witness a murder--and that, in turn, will lead the sheriff on an intricate trail, a series of twists and turns demanding his keenest crime-solving abilities"--Jacket....
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
ix, 207 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories is a hilarious addition to Patrick F. McManus's existing work in humor. The author weighs in on his childhood, everyday life, and outdoor tales with his typical exaggerated commentary that will elicit a belly laugh from all types of readers. Read about the antics of Patrick's friends Rancid Crabtree and Retch Sweeney in such stories as "Shaping Up for the Hunt" and "Bear Hunters." McManus plays off the recent...
Author
Series
Sheriff Bo Tully volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
272 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Sheriff Bo Tully volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
p. ; cm.
Language
English
Description
43-year-old Blight County, Idaho, sheriff Bo Tully finds three young men, apparently farm laborers, lying by a huckleberry patch, each shot in the back of the head. Tully has his hands full with the rare triple murder as well as the disappearance of rancher Orville Poulson, whose so-called caretaker, Ray Crockett, has entrenched himself on Poulson's property.
Author
Series
Sheriff Bo Tully volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English