The Bear in the Attic
by McManus, Patrick F.Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-06-01
Publisher(s): Holt Paperbacks
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Summary
Now in paperback, the beloved humorist's latest and funniest collection of essays ever"McManus at his curmudgeonly best" (Spokane Spokesman-Review) Patrick F. McManus's wry wit has made him an American classic, his trademark outdoorsman's humor endearing him not only to fellow wilderness enthusiasts but to anyone who enjoys a good laugh. In his newest collection of hilarious essays, he ponders the strange allure of the RV, a thirtieth-century hunting trip, the art of wrestling toads, the existential implications of being lost, the baffling tendency of animals to outsmart hunters, the singular pleasure of doubling the size of every fish that gets away, and what happens when a bear named Pooky decides to hibernate in the attic. Combining the curmudgeonly voice of Dave Barry and the clever insights of Garrison Keillor with his own keen sense of the absurd, McManus brilliantly captures the funny and strange in our everyday existence, while managing to evoke a childlike wonder at the natural world.
Author Biography
Patrick F. McManus has written twelve books and two plays. There are nearly two million copies of his book in print, including his bestselling The Shoot Canoes, Don't They?; The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw; and A Fine and Pleasant Misery. He divides his time between Spokane, Washington and Idaho.
Table of Contents
| The Bear in the Attic | p. 1 |
| The Magic Tree | p. 28 |
| '38 Pickup | p. 35 |
| Skinny in Traffic | p. 41 |
| The Gap | p. 46 |
| Incident at Fish Camp | p. 52 |
| Roughing It Over Easy | p. 58 |
| Culinary Magic | p. 64 |
| If I May Digress | p. 69 |
| Just Like Old Times | p. 73 |
| Comments I Could Do Without | p. 80 |
| Leakage | p. 84 |
| The Last Honest Man | p. 90 |
| Pockets | p. 97 |
| Ralston Comes Through | p. 102 |
| Trumped by a King | p. 108 |
| A Hunter's Breakfast | p. 114 |
| As the Ear Is Bent | p. 119 |
| Curly and Mo | p. 122 |
| Survivors of the Far Out | p. 126 |
| Bearness | p. 132 |
| The Shooting Lesson | p. 137 |
| Dumb Feet | p. 143 |
| Of Fire and the Night | p. 148 |
| The Snow Cave | p. 153 |
| The Unexplained | p. 160 |
| The Time Machine | p. 166 |
| Tin Boat | p. 174 |
| What's in a Name | p. 180 |
| Wrestling Toads | p. 185 |
| Sling Bleed | p. 190 |
| A Big Chill | p. 195 |
| In Judgment of Men | p. 201 |
| Pest Power | p. 206 |
| A Fish for Vile | p. 210 |
| Real Work | p. 215 |
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Excerpts
Buck Kelly, a foreman at the logging camp, brought the orphaned bear cub into company headquarters and up to Uncle Charles's office.
"I thought I told you to get rid of it," Uncle Charles said.
"I couldn't do it," Buck said. "None of the men could either. So we figured we'd let you do it."
"Give it to me, then," Uncle Charles ordered. The foreman handed over the tiny bear and then stepped back. He said later he thought Uncle Charles might kill the bear right then and there, given his reputation as a very hard man.
Uncle Charles cupped the bear in once hand and examined it. "Don't even have its eyes open yet," he said. "It's a mighty cute littler bugger, though, I'll give it that. You know, Buck, many a critter's been saved for no other reason than the good luck of being cute. Not a few dumb and useless people, too, for that matter. My wife comes to mind."
"I thought I told you to get rid of it," Uncle Charles said.
"I couldn't do it," Buck said. "None of the men could either. So we figured we'd let you do it."
"Give it to me, then," Uncle Charles ordered. The foreman handed over the tiny bear and then stepped back. He said later he thought Uncle Charles might kill the bear right then and there, given his reputation as a very hard man.
Uncle Charles cupped the bear in once hand and examined it. "Don't even have its eyes open yet," he said. "It's a mighty cute littler bugger, though, I'll give it that. You know, Buck, many a critter's been saved for no other reason than the good luck of being cute. Not a few dumb and useless people, too, for that matter. My wife comes to mind."
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