A short story collection, the title comes from one of his most famous stories of himself as a child, probably mostly not true, but very funny nonetheless.
McManus's best stories are based (loosely, I am guessing) on his childhood. This collection also features stories based on his adult life as a writer and outdoorsman and they are amusing, to be sure, but not as outrageous and silly as stories he tells about his boyhood days of camping and fishing and having grand adventures.
I enjoyed the stories but this collection is short on the kid-life stories which are the ones I enjoy the most of his stories.
Here is a review by Publishers Weekly.
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