Gumption : relighting the torch of freedom with America's gutsiest troublemakers / Nick Offerman.
Offerman, Nick, 1970-
2015
CT215 .O35 2015 (Mapit)
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Title Gumption : relighting the torch of freedom with America's gutsiest troublemakers / Nick Offerman.
Author Offerman, Nick, 1970-
ISBN 9780525954675 hardcover
0525954678 hardcover
Published New York : Dutton, [2015]
Copyright ©2015
Language English
Description xvii, 382 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number CT215 .O35 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.002/07
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-377)
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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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