Imatge de l'autor

Patrick F. McManus (1933–2018)

Autor/a de A Fine and Pleasant Misery

41+ obres 5,762 Membres 111 Ressenyes 19 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Patrick Francis McManus was born in Sandpoint, Idaho on August 25, 1933. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1956 and a master's degree in journalism in 1959 from Washington State College, Pullman. He taught English, creative writing, and journalism at Eastern Washington State College mostra'n més from 1960 until he retirement in 1983. He was a magazine writer. From 1977 to 1982, he was a columnist and associate editor for Field and Stream magazine. From 1982 to 2009, he wrote a monthly humor column called the Last Laugh for Outdoor Life magazine and served as the publication's editor-at-large. His work has also appeared in Reader's Digest, Sports Illustrated, and the New York Times. He published 14 collections of his columns including A Fine and Pleasant Misery and The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories. His other books include Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, The Deer on a Bicycle: Excursions into the Writing of Humor, and Whatchagot Stew written with Patricia McManus Gass. He also wrote the Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery series. He died on April 11, 2018 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Eastern Washington University

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Obres de Patrick F. McManus

A Fine and Pleasant Misery (1978) 579 exemplars
They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? (1981) 577 exemplars
The Grasshopper Trap (1985) 481 exemplars
Never Sniff A Gift Fish (1983) 474 exemplars
The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw (1989) 410 exemplars
Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs (1987) 358 exemplars
Real Ponies Don't Go Oink! (1991) 357 exemplars
The Good Samaritan Strikes Again (1992) 326 exemplars
How I Got This Way (1994) 299 exemplars
The Blight Way (2006) 237 exemplars
The Bear in the Attic (2002) 204 exemplars
Kerplunk!: Stories (2007) 180 exemplars
Avalanche (2007) 160 exemplars
The Double-Jack Murders (2009) 113 exemplars
The Huckleberry Murders (2010) 109 exemplars
The Tamarack Murders (1839) — Autor — 67 exemplars
Circles in the Snow (2014) 52 exemplars
Majestic big game (2000) 3 exemplars
The Skunk Ladder (1996) 3 exemplars
Nude With Other Wildlife (1999) 3 exemplars
Scritch's Creek (1992) 2 exemplars
Elk Magic (1999) 1 exemplars
The Sensuous Angler (1997) 1 exemplars
The Ultimate Bull (1999) 1 exemplars
How to Fish a Creek (1998) 1 exemplars
Huckleberry Murders 1 exemplars
Immer heiter und so weiter ... (1995) 1 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1933-08-24
Data de defunció
2018-04-11
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA
Lloc de naixement
Sandpoint, Idaho, USA
Educació
Washington State University
Professions
journalist
columnist
Organitzacions
Field & Stream
Outdoor Life

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Skimmed a few stories. While I can see how the humor would appeal to a lot of people, it just didn't pull me in.
 
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Treebeard_404 | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Jan 23, 2024 |
good, but not as good as "a fine and pleasant misery"
 
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Jeffrey_G | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Nov 22, 2022 |

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Obres
41
També de
1
Membres
5,762
Popularitat
#4,280
Valoració
3.9
Ressenyes
111
ISBN
185
Llengües
3
Preferit
19

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