{"product_id":"the-night-the-bear-ate-goombaw-9780805013405","title":"The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerica's \"most gifted outdoor humorist\" (\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e) regales readers with this collection of gut-busting, man vs. nature tales originally published in such magazines as \u003ci\u003eField \u0026amp; Stream\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOutdoor Living\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatrick F. McManus's hilarious and comic stories of camping and other nature-oriented activities reach ridiculous proportions in \u003ci\u003eThe Night the Bear Ate Goombaw\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick F. McManus (1933-2018)\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of novels, plays, and more than a dozen collections of his humor columns from \u003ci\u003eOutdoor Life\u003c\/i\u003e and other magazines. There are nearly two million copies of his book in print, including his bestselling T\u003ci\u003ehe Shoot Canoes, Don't They?\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Night the Bear Ate Goombaw\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eA Fine and Pleasant Misery\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648905416978,"sku":"9780805013405","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d03b5b91-5b56-4322-a123-45cb16661f65.jpg?v=1733252374","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-night-the-bear-ate-goombaw-9780805013405","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}