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Gumption, relighting the torch of freedom with America's gutsiest troublemakers, Nick Offerman

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Gumption, relighting the torch of freedom with America's gutsiest troublemakers, Nick Offerman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-377)

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gumption

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

897016429

Responsibility statement

Nick Offerman

Sub title

relighting the torch of freedom with America's gutsiest troublemakers

Summary

As a follow up to his autobiography, Paddle Your Own Canoe, the star of Parks and Recreation 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 serious history with light-hearted humor -- comparing, say, George Washington's wooden teeth to his own experience as a woodworker. The subject matter allows Offerman to expound upon his favorite topics, areas such as religion, politics, woodworking and handcrafting, agriculture, creativity, philosophy, fashion, and, of course, meat

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Part 1: Freemasons. George Washington -- Benjamin Franklin -- James Madison -- Frederick Douglass -- Part 2: Idealists. Theodore Roosevelt -- Frederick Law Olmsted -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Tom Laughlin -- Wendell Berry -- Barney Frank -- Yoko Ono -- Michael Pollan -- Part 3: Makers. Thomas Lie-Nielsen -- Nat Benjamin -- George Nakashima -- Carol Burnett -- Jeff Tweedy -- George Saunders -- Laurie Anderson -- Willie Nelson -- Conan O'Brien -- Epilogue

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