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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100525954678

ISBN-139780525954675

eBay Product ID (ePID)208642624

Product Key Features

Book TitleGumption : Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicTopic / Politics, Topic / History, American Government / General, United States / General

Publication Year2015

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Humor, History

AuthorNick Offerman

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight21.9 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-008913

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsPraise for Paddle Your Own Canoe : "[Offerman] explores his Paul Bunyan-like image with tongue-in-cheek lessons on manliness, complete with illustrations and advice . . . [and] hilarious anecdotes from his career." -- Entertainment Weekly "Take it from us; Offerman's take on American history is worth reading." -- Vanity Fair "[T]hought-provoking, profane, and frequently hilarious." -- Publishers Weekly "Filled with advice on how to woo a woman, grill meat, and grow a perfect moustache, this book makes for perfect reading around the campfire." -- Parade "Just try to resist the myriad manly charms of . . . [Offerman's] memoir about woodworking, eating, acting, cultivating the perfect moustache, and seducing Megan Mullally." --Vulture.com, Praise for Paddle Your Own Canoe : "[Offerman] explores his Paul Bunyan-like image with tongue-in-cheek lessons on manliness, complete with illustrations and advice . . . [and] hilarious anecdotes from his career." - Entertainment Weekly "[T]hought-provoking, profane, and frequently hilarious." - Publishers Weekly "Filled with advice on how to woo a woman, grill meat, and grow a perfect moustache, this book makes for perfect reading around the campfire." - Parade "Just try to resist the myriad manly charms of . . . [Offerman's] memoir about woodworking, eating, acting, cultivating the perfect moustache, and seducing Megan Mullally." -Vulture.com

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal973.002/07

SynopsisThe star of Parks and Recreation and author of the New York Times bestseller Paddle Your Own Canoe returns with a second book that humorously highlights twenty-one figures from our nation's history, from her inception to present day-Nick's personal pantheon of "great Americans." To millions of people, Nick Offerman is America. Both Nick and his character, Ron Swanson, are known for their humor and patriotism in equal measure. After the great success of his autobiography, Paddle Your Own Canoe , Offerman now focuses on the lives of those who inspired him. From George Washington to Willie Nelson, he describes twenty-one heroic figures and why they inspire in him such great meaning. He combines both serious history with light-hearted humor-comparing, say, Benjamin Franklin's abstinence from daytime drinking to his own sage refusal to join his construction crew in getting plastered on the way to work. The subject matter also allows Offerman to expound upon his favorite topics, which readers love to hear-areas such as religion, politics, woodworking and handcrafting, agriculture, creativity, philosophy, fashion, and, of course, meat., The star of Parks and Recreation and author of the New York Times bestseller Paddle Your Own Canoe returns with a second book that humorously highlights twenty-one figures from our nation's history, from her inception to present day--Nick's personal pantheon of "great Americans." To millions of people, Nick Offerman is America. Both Nick and his character, Ron Swanson, are known for their humor and patriotism in equal measure. After the great success of his autobiography, Paddle Your Own Canoe , Offerman now focuses on the lives of those who inspired him. From George Washington to Willie Nelson, he describes twenty-one heroic figures and why they inspire in him such great meaning. He combines both serious history with light-hearted humor--comparing, say, Benjamin Franklin's abstinence from daytime drinking to his own sage refusal to join his construction crew in getting plastered on the way to work. The subject matter also allows Offerman to expound upon his favorite topics, which readers love to hear--areas such as religion, politics, woodworking and handcrafting, agriculture, creativity, philosophy, fashion, and, of course, meat.

LC Classification NumberCT215.O35 2015