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Patrick F. McManus, the author of the best-selling Never Sniff a Gift Fish, They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?, and A Fine and Pleasant Misery, is at it again. With his hilarious flair for snubbing the sublime and immortalizing the ridiculous, McManus celebrates life in the Great Outdoors. As many of his loyal fans have discovered, you don't even have to be a nature lover to love his uproarious tales about fishing, hunting, and camping — and countless pursuits in between. Here in his latest collection of zany spoofs, you'll get another dose of his wacky wisdom. If you thought hunters went hunting to go hunting, that no scholarly work exists on the art of getting lost in the woods, or that guns don't produce offspring, McManus will put such outlandish notions to rest. If you've ever pondered the difference between a hunker and a squat, or questioned what a leap of leopards and a murder of crows have in common, you need wonder no longer. And if you always feel ignorant when outdoorsmen discuss how the Flat-Out Richochet Panic can transport you across state lines, then The Grasshopper Trap is for you. In addition to these indispensable nuggets of knowledge, you'll learn why wives on Christmas mourn, why skunks use ladders, and why you should never cry snake. Regulars such as McManus's less than intelligent sidekick, Retch Sweeney, and the smelly old woodsman, Rancid Crabtree, once again take part in his crazy misadventures. Although McManus has been compared to Benchley, Buchwald, and Bombeck — not to mention the likes of S. J. Perelman and Mark Twain — McManus lovers know that his heartwarming, side-splitting style is all his own.