A Fine and Pleasant Misery by Patrick F. McManus Posted by: Zachary Williams | Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Click HERE to read the Fall 2024 issue of Backcountry Journal! This title is part of BHA's Jim Posewitz Digital Library: Required Reading for Conservationists There is a time for reflection, philosophy and politics. And there is a time to lighten up. The cure for solemn self-importance is Pat McManus. No one can wring more laughs out of a hunting, fishing or camping trip than the Idaho-born journalism professor who cranked out essays month after month for Field & Stream and Outdoor Life magazines. His essays are nostalgic and farcical. Their wry jokes, colorful characters and madcap hijinks hold up perfectly. The entire point of hunting and fishing is joy. If we forget that, then we’ve lost it all anyway. McManus reminds us to smile. - BEN LONG, Former BHA Board Chair, Outdoor Life contributor, Backcountry Journal founding editor Purchase A Fine and Pleasant Misery on Amazon Smile, and register Backcountry Hunters & Anglers as your preferred non-profit to give back to your wild public lands, waters and wildlife. About Zachary Williams Print
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