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

Nick Offerman

Oct 2013 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

Parks and Recreation actor and Making It co-host Nick Offerman shares his humorous fulminations on life, manliness, meat, and much more in this New York Times bestseller.

Growing a perfect moustache, grilling red meat, wooing a woman—who better to deliver this tutelage than the always charming, always manly Nick Offerman, best known as Parks and Recreation’s Ron Swanson?  Combining his trademark comic voice and very real expertise in woodworking—he runs his own woodshop—Paddle Your Own Canoe features tales from Offerman’s childhood in small-town Minooka, Illinois—“I grew up literally in the middle of a cornfield”—to his theater days in Chicago, beginnings as a carpenter/actor and the hilarious and magnificent seduction of his now-wife Megan Mullally.   It also offers hard-bitten battle strategies in the arenas of manliness, love, style, religion, woodworking, and outdoor recreation, among many other savory entrees.

A mix of amusing anecdotes, opinionated lessons and rants, sprinkled with offbeat gaiety, Paddle Your Own Canoe 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.

Ratings and reviews

Not wildly hilarious. Not even that funny. He tries to use big words and tells us about a rather boring life. There were some chuckle parts. But there are plenty funnier books out there. Pass on this one..

Mr. Nick Offerman and I rode the same bus to school in Minooka IL. Along with 20 other students on the route. I'm truly glad for his success.

Using the stencil set forth in this book, I have no doubt that I have what it takes to live a rather delicious and fulfilling life. Nick's humor is so perfectly sprinkled in this book that it really gave me an insight into they man behind the whiskers and I have to say, I like him even more because of it. Highly recommend this book to whoever is a fan of Nick or even just of Ron Swanson.

About the author

NICK OFFERMAN is an actor, humorist, and woodworker. He is married to the most beautiful and talented actress working today, Megan Mullally. They live in Los Angeles, California, with their poodles and an impressive collection of assorted wood clamps.