America's "most gifted outdoor humorist" (Detroit Free Press) regales readers with this collection of gut-busting, man vs. nature tales originally published in such magazines as Field and u0026 Stream and Outdoor Living.Patrick F. McManus's hilarious and comic stories of camping and other nature-oriented activities reach ridiculous proportions in The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw. From teaching his stepfather the methods of madness behind farm work through his best friend's grandmother's fear of bears, McManus reveals that human behavior is even wilder than the wilderness.SequencesThe dumbest antelopeOut of syncKid brothers and their practical applicationThe fried flies, please, and easy on the garlicAt loose endsGetting it in the earGarage sale hypeHow to get started in bass fishingAs the worm squirmsScoringA road less traveled byGunkholingBlipsThe night the bear ate GoombawWater spiritsLetter to the bossScritch's creekThe tin hornCupidity, draw thy bowWhitewater feverNever cry and "Arp! and "Visions of fish and gameA brief history of boats and marriageBoating disordersTry not to annoy me