Four decades of hilarious, and yet at times poignant, outdoor stories by Sam Venable, the award-winning humor columnist for the Knoxville News Sentinel.

As seen through the eyes of Sam Venable, the world is indeed bizarre and filled with nuttiness. The archives of the "Knoxville News Sentinel "offer ample evidence that Venable is a bit of the former and has made a career out of drawing attention to the latter.
For his latest book, Venable has gathered and organized 139 of his newspaper columns his biggest collection yet to create a trove of wit and wisdom. In the spirit of The Emperor s New Clothes, he points a finger at human nature, the environment, civil rights and wrongs, and an eclectic mix of other targets, drawing our attention to...