Mcmanus patrick francis b 1933 (4 risultati)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2008). (2007) 2008 paperback reprint. Small 8vo (140 x 213mm). Ppx,227,ad. Not illustrated. Remainder mark to bottom edge but a good second-hand paperback. Good bedside reading. "The backcountry characters of Kerplunk! know very well that a life of hunting and fishing can mean a life of misadventure. They understand, for instance, how not to net a fish, what to do when a deer wanders into camp but your sleeping bag has frozen shut, and the inevitability of bird-dog flatulence. They also understand the importance of metaphor, and why you should always listen for the sound of your fishing line hitting the water - because in life as it is in fishing, you don't know you're in the water until you hear the kerplunk! Often nostalgic, occasionally philosophical, and always funny, this collection of wry, curmudgeonly tales reaffirms bestselling author Patrick F. McManus as an American classic." .…

Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1992). (1991) 1992 paperback edition. 8vo paperback (138 x 207mm). Ppviii,198. Not illustrated. A used but solidly intact second-hand paperback. Humorous sporting essays from a great American writer. As the New York Times Book Review said - "Everybody should read Patrick McManus." Most of the essays have appeared previously in his column in Outdoor Life as well as a couple of articles from Spokane Magazine and True Magazine. .…

Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 215mm). Ppviii,184. Not illustrated. Black cloth-backed paper-covered boards, spine titled in white. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. Humorous sporting essays from a great American writer. As the New York Times Book Review said - "Everybody should read Patrick McManus." In this book ".McManus draws on certain eternal truths of value to each of us: why, for example, a runny nose is a good defense mechanism if you're a kid brother; the wisdom behind Frost's 'The Road Not Taken' (important to know when McManus is driving, especially if he is also developing a technique for removing a fishhook from one's right ear - another person's ear, that is). And who could forget the McManus disctum: 'Sync is what I'm out of,' when trying to explain why bird and shot never arrive at the same place at the same time, or even why that meeting place - 'you know, the one just beyond the bend in the river' - can never be found. Best of all is a treatise on 'sequences' in which we learn how to avoid distasteful chores (and go fishing instead) and, finally, why it's the misery endured that defines the sportsman, not the fish caught or the game shot." .…

Condizione: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1987). (1987) later reprint. 8vo (146 x 216mm). Ppxii,198. B/w illustrations. Red-orange cloth spine over black paper-covered boards, spine titled in blue-gilt. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. Humorous sporting essays from a great American writer. As the New York Times Book Review said - "Everybody should read Patrick McManus." In this book "We join Pat on the hunt for the elusive white tail-hairs - surefire trout killers obtainable only from a rogue calf as any self-respecting fly fisherman knows; a few summer-reading titles are even suggested to keep you awake (remember, thinking and summer reading don't mix). After the hunt we are provided with tips from an expert outdoorsman on getting lost almost anywhere." .…