Rubber Legs and White-Tail Hairs (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Patrick F. McManus (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1988 | Series: G K Hall Large Print Book Series

America's favorite outdoor humorist is back with an outrageously fresh collection of stories. He introduces a variety of friends old and new, and takes readers to many exotic locales outdoors and indoors.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Fans of McManus (The Grasshopper Trap will welcome these 27 little excursions into the life of the narrator "Pat," the author's alter ego. His humor is directed at fishermen, hunters, campers, gun-swappers, little boys and willful weather. All but the last two are recognizable. Deliberately "simple," the humor is always good-natured: the worst character is a prissy, visiting auntand she turns out to be a nice person in the end. The settings are all in the West, often in Pat's boyhood town of Delmore Blight, Idaho. Boyish pranks and adult foolishness get the mostattention, with the usual cast of McManus characters: Retch Sweeney, Rancid Crabtree, wife Bun et al. Among the best pieces are "Angler's Dictionary" ("Best fishing timeYesterday or last week. Worst fishing timeNow.") and "Advanced Duck-Hunting Techniques" (see the Toilet Tissue ploy). It's good, clean, old-fashioned fun.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

YA McManus' anthology is a loony look at human foibles in the backwoods and byways of life, but it is more universal than that. The outdoors and activities thereof are, for McManus, vehicles for showing the crazy side of human nature. Fishermen are not the only ones who will find meaning in the ``Angler's Dictionary,'' and almost anyone will laugh knowingly at ``Muldoon in Love.'' These short pieces with long laughs should have special appeal for reluctant readers. Karl Penny, Houston Public Library
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 274 pages
• Publisher: G K Hall & Co (December 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816144877
• ISBN-13: 978-0816144877
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,501,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Patrick F. McManus is a renowned outdoor writer, humorist, and longtime columnist for Outdoor Life and Field & Stream. His most recent books are the Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries Avalanche and The Blight Way. He is the author of many other books, including such runaway New York Times bestsellers as The Grasshopper Trap, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, and Real Ponies Don't Go Oink! He lives in Spokane, Washington.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm the guy in "Outdoor Burnout"., August 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Rubber Legs and White Tail Hairs (Audio Cassette)

I am the guy Pat talks about at the beginning of "Outdoor Burnout" At the time I wrote to him I was sick of the outdoors and nature in general, Pat put it all into perspective for me. Now when I get fed up with bad weather, balky lanterns, leaky tents, and all the other hazards of the great outdoors, I stop and think, "Pat could make a great story out of this".

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The funniest McManus of all., October 31, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs (Hardcover)

If by chance you haven't read any of Pat McManus' books yet, I might suggest you start with this one to insure you get hooked for life. If you didn't think that life in the panhandle of Idaho could be funny, your in for a real treat. Here's to you Miss Deets.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I love him but, September 5, 2008

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Howard H. Ham (Kingsville, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs (Paperback)

I will bow to no one in my appreciation of Mcmanus, I have read his books and literally rolled onto the floor laughing so hard I was crying. Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs is not his funniest. I don't regret getting it but in relation to several others this book is about a C+ rather than an A+. The stories in "The Night the Bear ate Goomba" for example makes me cry; Fortunately I didn't wet my pants too. Everything by McManus is worth reading but he sets such a high standard for himself it would be impossible to reach the bar every time.