Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!

By: Patrick McManus

Narrated by: Norman Dietz

You don't have to be a hunter or camper to enjoy this collection of hilarious stories by a writer who is often compared to Mark Twain and Garrison Keillor. In fact, the charm of Patrick F. McManus' work is that it provides plenty of reasons for staying indoors, surrounded by friendly appliances.

You'll laugh aloud as McManus and his friends, including Rancid and Crazy Eddie, venture into the great outdoors to face formidable foes like truck campers, tackle boxes, and boat engines. Digging into his vast knapsack of anecdotes, McManus offers them as guides for the bumpier trails of life.

Although his stories are wacky, McManus never resorts to profanity or crudity, even when he is considering Teenagers from Hell or Strange Meets Matilda Jean. Narrator Norman Dietz perfectly captures the baffled lunacy that characterizes these reminiscences and quests for the sportsman's perfect moment.

©1991 Patrick F. McManus (P)2000 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"Readers of McManus's humor column in Outdoor Life will enjoy his observations on the joys of pig-back riding, workshop puttering, and Sasquatch ducking. So will those who, like McManus's wife, Bun, appreciate nature most from the window of a seven-story luxury hotel." ( Library Journal)
"McManus watchers will want to know that the old rara avis is back in full plumage and chirping away, regular as the seasons." ( Kirkus Reviews)

Good Ole Pat

Good for what ails you when you’re sick in bed and just need something mindless

Classic outdoor humor!

Great author and brings back so many memories from outdoor life magazine and Field and Stream!

Great stories

I have read all of his books. This one has my all time favorite story, a good deed gone wrong. The stories were great as usual but the readers voice didn’t match my vision of pat and the stories.

Classic Pat McManus

This book never gets old. Norman Dietz is fabulous narrator, combined with Pat McManus great humor, we still laugh, and that's after more than 10 years of owning this audiobook and listening to it more than a hundred times.

Great Fun and Wonderful Narrator

Being from the McManus neck of the woods (Spokane, WA.) this was so much fun to listen to. The narrator was wonderful with all the voices and personalities. Only tiny flaw was he didn't pronounce "kokanee' corectly - but I sure wouldn't worry about that! Thanks! Pat McManus will be missed.