Patrick F. McManus
1933 – 2018
Author Patrick F. McManus wrote humorous columns on outdoors and mystery novels that feature Sheriff Bo Tully. The columns he wrote, for Outdoor Life and Field and Stream were collected into different books. The main themes of these columns are hunting and fishing and have some semi-fictional characters with some running jokes throughout. His writing has been known to draw comparisons to such humorous writers as Robert Benchley and Mark Twain.
Publication Order
Standalone Books
Never Cry "Arp!" and Other Great Adventures
1996
A Fine and Pleasant Misery
1978
They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?
1981
Never Sniff a Gift Fish
1983
The Grasshopper Trap
1985
The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw
1989
Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!
1991
The Good Samaritan Strikes Again
1992
How I Got This Way
1994
Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing
1997
Kerplunk!
2007
The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories
2012