How I Got This Way

Hilarious and heartwarming stories of outdoor mishaps and misadventures from the beloved five-time New York Times bestselling humorist, Patrick F. McManus, "a writer who makes people laugh out loud, hard." (The New York Times)

In these twenty-seven outrageous tales of camping, hunting, birding, berry-picking, and surviving county fairs, the hysterical Patrick F. McManus offers insights on the qualities that define leadership (beginning with the need to be tall) and much morelessons gleaned from his own tortuous path as an outdoorsman.

Including such classic stories as "My Hike with, ahem, the President" and "Excuse Me While I Get Out of the Way."

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How I Got This Way

Hilarious and heartwarming stories of outdoor mishaps and misadventures from the beloved five-time New York Times bestselling humorist, Patrick F. McManus, "a writer who makes people laugh out loud, hard." (The New York Times)

In these twenty-seven outrageous tales of camping, hunting, birding, berry-picking, and surviving county fairs, the hysterical Patrick F. McManus offers insights on the qualities that define leadership (beginning with the need to be tall) and much morelessons gleaned from his own tortuous path as an outdoorsman.

Including such classic stories as "My Hike with, ahem, the President" and "Excuse Me While I Get Out of the Way."

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How I Got This Way

How I Got This Way

by Patrick F. McManus
How I Got This Way

How I Got This Way

by Patrick F. McManus

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Overview

Hilarious and heartwarming stories of outdoor mishaps and misadventures from the beloved five-time New York Times bestselling humorist, Patrick F. McManus, "a writer who makes people laugh out loud, hard." (The New York Times)

In these twenty-seven outrageous tales of camping, hunting, birding, berry-picking, and surviving county fairs, the hysterical Patrick F. McManus offers insights on the qualities that define leadership (beginning with the need to be tall) and much morelessons gleaned from his own tortuous path as an outdoorsman.

Including such classic stories as "My Hike with, ahem, the President" and "Excuse Me While I Get Out of the Way."


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780805034820
Publisher: Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 10/15/1995
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Patrick F. McManus (1933-2018) is the author of novels, plays, and more than a dozen collections of his humor columns from Outdoor Life and other magazines. He has sold roughly six million copies of such bestselling books as They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?; The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw; and A Fine and Pleasant Misery.

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