Funny Trail Tales

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Funniest outdoor book I’ve ever read in my life. The book I read is called “Funny Trail Tales Outdoor Humor For All Ages.” Author is a girl named Amy Kelley Hoitsma. This type of book has thirteen different genres in it. It takes place in the wilderness where one of the thirteen humorous stories takes place. Funny Trail Tales discusses what you are supposed to do in wilderness and funny stories. It has a multitude of funny little snips of funny stories, falsehood stories and mostly stuff to do with outdoors.
Theme for this book is camping and outdoors. Editor purpose of this book is to make the readers laugh. The rising action of this work how it gets funnier by each story. The climax of this story is the story by Howard Tomb from “Fine Points of Expedition Behavior” in The Cool of the Wild, when it tells the funny rules that everyone should know. The plot is funny outdoor ways to do stuff, stuff that happened in the wilderness, rules of wilderness travel, and what traveling was like. My favorite snip in this part was “RULE NO.3: DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING. EVER.” I definitely agree on what he wrote in “RULE NO. 1: GET THE H*** OUT OF BED. Suppose your tentmates get up early to fetch water and fire up the stove while you lay comatose in your sleeping bag.” Later in that
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And things you do with family, supplies and equipment for a camping trip. Genres in this section include autobiography, humor, travel. The main character in Dave Barry’s Only Travel Guide You’ll Ever Need is Dave Barry. I like Dave Barry because he is a funny bone tickler type of character. Summary was about how nature promotes the motel business, where nature is located, selecting the proper campsite, what to do in a medical emergency, fun wilderness family activities such as singing songs, and finally bedtime. Conflicts in this story were man vs. nature for the most part and some man vs.

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