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A Fine and Pleasant Misery

A Fine and Pleasant Misery

Paperback (15 Apr 1981)

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Publisher's Synopsis

"A hilarious compilation" (Los Angeles Times), A Fine and Pleasant Misery gathers twenty-seven witty, cautionary tales of the outdoor life from beloved humorist Patrick F. McManus in a collection edited and introduced by Jack Samson, long-time editor-in-chief of Field & Stream.

The great outdoors have never been rendered as hysterically as in the reminiscences--true and exaggerated--of Patrick F. McManus. If you're thinking about getting back to nature, the surreal adventures chronicled here will make you think twice about giving it all up for a life of camping, hiking, and hunting.

About the Publisher

Holt McDougal

Henry Holt is one of the oldest publishers in the United States. The company was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt, who had emigrated to the United States from his home in Stuttgart eleven years earlier. Holt has always been known for publishing high quality books, including works by such internationally renowned authors as Erich Fromm, Robert Frost, Hermann Hesse, Norman Mailer, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ivan Turgenev and H.G. Wells. Today the publication program focuses on American and international fiction biography, history and politics science, psychology and health and books for children.

Book information

ISBN: 9780805000320
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Imprint: Holt McDougal
Pub date:
DEWEY: 799
Language: English
Number of pages: 209
Weight: 249g
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 15mm