America's best-selling outdoor humorist for adults has a secret following: middle-grade and young-adult readers.

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Never Cry "Arp!" is a lively collection of twelve stories about young Pat's misadventures in the Great American Wilderness.

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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 pal, Retch Sweeney, who does, too.

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This is a book for kids who love to start fishing at 4 a.m. (at least they say they do) or for those who prefer to experience the mighty outdoors in the safety of their homes.