"My cousin Buck created what may well have been the world's largest firecracker and set it off at the annual Fourth of July picnic. Buck claimed afterwards that he had used his secret formula for the firecracker. Folks said in that case Buck must be either a genius or an idiot, although I think demented old Emma Clapworth was the only one to mention genius." — Pat McManus
The Firecracker
Original limited-edition 1988 calendar art by Gary Williams. Framed with a 1" wide black mat for a finish size of 11" x 14". The back of the illustration has calendar date boxes with entries from a journal Pat kept as a 10-year-old in their original sequence. This was done to help scholars gain insight into the thought and motivation processes of the young Pat McManus, and also because the boxes seemed so empty.