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The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories

McManus, Patrick F.
ISBN-10: 1620870649
ISBN-13: 9781620870648

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The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories is a hilarious addition to Patrick F. McManus’s existing work in humor. The author weighs in on his childhood, everyday life, and outdoor tales with his typical exaggerated commentary that will elicit a belly laugh from all types of readers.Read about the antics of Patrick’s friends Rancid Crabtree and Retch Sweeney in such stories as Shaping Up for the Hunt and Bear Hunters.
McManus plays off the recent obsession with hoarders in his surprising story The Lady Who Kept Things. In the titular story, meet Patrick’s horse, Huckleberry, and enjoy the experience of all the problems that come along with owning your own horse—or keeping him in the garage.Other great stories include:Catch-And-Eaters, about the importance of a forked stick when fishing$7000 TV Historical Extravaganza, a look at one director’s loose interpretation of historical accuracy and political correctnessA Lake Too Far, concerning the woes of Patrick and his wife, Bun, on a fateful birding trip in AustraliaChicken Chronicles, which involves Patrick’s memory of wandering around naked in the chicken yard when guests came to callSo pull up a chair, sit back, and enjoy laughing to the hilarious adventures of Patrick F. McManus in The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories.
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Preface
A Scholar of Worms
Shaping up for the Hunt
A Bit about My Writing Life
Big
$7,000 TV Historical Extravaganza
Wild Life in a Room with a View
Risk Assessment
The Forty-Pound Brown Trout
Bear Hunters
A Lake Too Far
The Chicken Chronicles
Secret Athlete
The McManus Principles
Basic Lying Made Easy
A Chainsaw Kind of Guy
The Lady Who Kept Things
September Song
The Longest March
The Stalk
The Horse in My Garage
The Tent
To Smoke a Steelhead
The Teachings of Rancid Crabtree
Christmas Shopping
Who Ate My Shakespeare?
Romantic Moments
The Canoe
The Writing of "The Green Box"
A Routine Fishing Trip
The Brown Pelican
Canoodled
Christmas Over Easy
Dog People
Finding My Roots
The Longest Three Miles
Scrabble's Powers of Observation
The Dark and Other Dangers
Patrick F. McManus divides his time between Spokane, Washington, and Idaho.

List price: $24.95
Edition: 2012
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Binding: Trade Cloth
Pages: 224
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.79 lbs.
Language: English

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