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The grasshopper trap unabridged audiobook, by patrick mcmanus. Mcmanus celebrates the hidden pleasures, unappreciated lore, and opportunities for disaster to be found in the recreations of camping, hunting, and fishing in his hilarious collection they shoot canoes. Mcmanus 19332018 is the author of novels, plays, and more than a dozen collections of his humor columns from outdoor life and other magazines. This is the latest hilarious collection of folksy, humorous, and wonderfully wise stories about country life from the bestselling author of the. Themes and characters run through the entire book, such as boyhood independence and characters such as his dog, strange, and his mentor, rancid crabtree. My kids grew up listening to me read them these stories. Mcmanus celebrates the hidden pleasures, unappreciated lore, and opportunities for disaster to be found in the recreations of camping, hunting, and fishing in his hilarious collectionthey shoot canoes, don t they. Mcmanus 19332018 is the author of novels, plays, and more than a dozen collections of. Karolinde 1032009 if you read this, and you should, make sure to read the last story. Never sniff a gift fish the grasshopper trap rubber legs and white tailhairs the night the bear ate goombaw whatchagot stew with patricia the troll mcmanus gass real ponies don t go oink.
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