The Von Hoffmann Bros.' Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

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Product Description

A bestselling bombastic bombardment of beer, beef, ball, and all things masculine, the von Hoffman Brothers' "Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness" is bursting with riotously funny observations, short stories, tips, lists, and definitions. Contents include a look at "Spartacus" (the manliest film ever made), a guide to fishing lures, chili recipes, drinking songs, a tribute to the guy who painted the "poker dogs", and more. 300 photos.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Stoddart; illustrated edition edition (May 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575440849
• ISBN-13: 978-1575440842
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #574,385 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Before the Man Show, December 10, 1999

By	Paul Morse (U.S.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Von Hoffmann Bros.' Big Damn Book of Sheer Manliness (Hardcover)

Before "The Man Show" the Von Hoffman brothers hit the male on the head with this direct and honest look into the testosto-morphic world of the male (nestled quite comfortably between Java and Australeopithicus man). I saw these guys on the Today show a few years back. My favorite quote was "Any guy that doesn't think that Maureen O'Hara,in The Quiet Man is absolutely IT, might as well put on a house-dress and call it a day!" I laughed so hard, my wife immediately went out and bought me this book for my 40th birthday. It's got it all. Movies: The 25 best guy films. Munitions: Potato guns (Guys like to blow stuff up). Art: Dogs Playing Cards. These guys have been to center of the male psyche and drank enough beer to tell about it. Gentlemen start your engines! No habla YA YA Sisterhood. We're guys and we don't care and we walk upright so we can use our hands for other things (like beer?).

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Hoot!, August 7, 2003

By	Gerakamb "gerakamb" (Lake Barrington, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This is truly a great book. From Potato Cannons to instructions on how to play craps, this book has a great deal to offer many different types of people. A baby boomer male? This is a trip down memory lane, and will elicit lots of fond memories of childhood fads. The wife of a baby boomer? This book will give you some insight on those things on which he spent his wastrel youth. The child of a baby boomer? You'll get a glimpse of the ways your old man raised hell when he ws a kid/teen/young adult.
It's a shame this book is out of print. It ought to be re-introduced (and even updated.)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Perfect Father's Day Present, August 25, 1999

By A Customer

I swear on a jar of Lawry's Lemon Pepper that every boy should be given a copy of this book upon entering puberty. Women have "Our Bodies, Our Selves", and we have THIS!

I gave a copy of this book to my father, who rarely if ever reads books at all, and he read it cover to cover, three times!

Everything that is TRULY masculine is here! From classic manly films ("Sparticus", "The Quiet Man", "Rollerball", "Blade Runner", "Citizen Kane", "Road Warrior (Mad Max 2)"), to recipies for salt steak and "colon cleaner chili" (burns going in AND coming out!), to detailed info on booze, fighter planes, cards, catapults and spud cannons, Nevada's (legal) brothels, fishing, Coleman camping supplies, Swiss Army knives, guns, cigars, WD-40 and (gotta love the name) Corry's Slug and Snail Death (!), this book has it ALL! There's even biographies on John Wayne, Victor McLaglen, the greats who played in John Ford's films, and even Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (the genius who painted the poker playing dogs)!

If this book had a chest, it would have hair and tattoos! It's like every bar-room boast, "first dirty joke you've ever heard", boy scout camp fire story, beer commercial and pick-up truck in one!

So, come on! Park the amphibious 4X4 in the garage, put down those power tools, fire up that BBQ grill, open a cold one, and read the most politically incorrect tome to grace a coffee table. By God, this book is a work of genius!