The Good Samaritan Strikes Again - by Patrick F McManus (Paperback)

About the Book

McManus is usually the butt of his own jokes in this collection, starting with the title story--good samaritan Pat knows enough about the dangers of emergencies to take his time getting to one--and ending with "The Worry Box"--when one worry disappears, there's always another to replace it.

Book Synopsis

With "a style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor" (People), Patrick F. McManus delivers another stellar collection of witty cautionary tales of the great outdoors in The Good Samaritan Strikes Again.

Gathering together twenty-four of his hilarious essays--originally published in such magazines as Outdoor Life--this volume features not only McManus's follies with Mother Nature, but those of human nature as he shares such funny moments of his life as his first kiss, his public relations career, his less than helpful attempt to be a good Samaritan to an injured motorist, and so much more.

Review Quotes

"Patrick McManus is a treasure." --the Atlantic

"Everybody should read Patrick McManus." --the New York Times Book Review

"A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor." --People

"The funniest writer around today." --Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"McManus is today's most gifted outdoor humorist." --Detroit Free Press

"McManus captures the innocence most of us lose when we become grown-up." --Booklist

About the Author

Patrick F. McManus (1933-2018) is the author of novels, plays, and more than a dozen collections of his humor columns from Outdoor Life and other magazines. 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.