Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living

Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living

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Author: Offerman, Nick
ISBN: 9780451467096
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 22 Oct 2014
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback

Combining his trademark comic voice and very real expertise in carpentry,P#160;Plt;iPgt;Paddle Your Own CanoePlt;/iPgt;P#160;features tales from OffermanP#39;s childhood (born, literally, in the middle of an Illinois cornfield) to his theatre days in Chicago to the, frankly, magnificent seduction of his wife, Megan Mullally.P#160;Plt;brPgt;

Plt;bPgt;Plt;iPgt;Parks and RecreationPlt;/iPgt;P#160;actor and Plt;iPgt;Making ItPlt;/iPgt; co-host Nick Offerman shares his humorous fulminations on life, manliness, meat, and much more in this Plt;iPgt;New York TimesPlt;/iPgt; bestseller.Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Growing a perfect moustache, grilling red meat, wooing a womanP#8212;who better to deliver this tutelage than the always charming, always manly Nick Offerman, best known asP#160;Plt;iPgt;Parks and RecreationPlt;/iPgt;P#8217;s Ron Swanson? P#160;Combining his trademark comic voice and very real expertise in woodworkingP#8212;he runs his own woodshopP#8212;Plt;iPgt;Paddle Your Own CanoePlt;/iPgt;P#160;featuresP#160;talesP#160;from OffermanP#8217;s childhoodP#160;in small-town Minooka, IllinoisP#8212;P#8220;I grew up literally in the middle of a cornfieldP#8221;P#8212;to his theater days in Chicago, beginnings as a carpenter/actor and the hilarious and magnificent seduction of his now-wife Megan Mullally.P#160;P#160;P#160;It also offersP#160;hard-bitten battle strategies in the arenas of manliness, love, style, religion, woodworking, and outdoor recreation, among many other savory entrees.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A mix of amusing anecdotes, opinionated lessons and rants, sprinkled with offbeat gaiety,P#160;Plt;iPgt;Paddle Your Own CanoePlt;/iPgt;P#160;will not only tickle readers pink but may also rouse them to put down their smart phones, study a few sycamore leaves, and maybe even hand craft (and paddle) their own canoes.

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