August 25th is a birthday shared by novelist Frederick Forsyth [1] (born 1938) and late American humorist Patrick F. McManus [2] (born 1933, died April 11, 2018.) Forsyth was the author of The Day of the Jackal [3], The Odessa File [4], The Fourth Protocol [5], The Dogs of War [6], The Devil’s Alternative [7], and many others. McManus was born and raised in Sandpoint, Idaho, so his books could be classified as American Redoubt [8] humor. His passing was sad news. He is greatly missed. – JWR