Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
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- Author：Nick Offerman
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Summary
A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending， protecting， and truly experiencing the outdoors， fueled by three journeys undertaken by actor， humorist， and New York Times bestselling author Nick Offerman
Nick Offerman has always felt a particular affection for the Land of the Free--not just for the people and their purported ideals but to the actual land itself: the bedrock， the topsoil， and everything in between that generates the health of your local watershed。 In his new book， Nick takes a humorous， inspiring， and elucidating trip to America's trails， farms， and frontier to examine the people who inhabit the land， what that has meant to them and us， and to the land itself， both historically and currently。
In 2018， Wendell Berry posed a question to Nick， a query that planted the seed of this book， sending Nick on two memorable journeys with pals--a hiking trip to Glacier National Park with his friends Jeff Tweedy and George Saunders， as well as an extended visit to his friend James Rebanks， the author of The Shepherd's Life and English Pastoral。 He followed that up with an excursion that could only have come about in 2020--Nick and his wife， Megan Mullally， bought an Airstream trailer to drive across （several of） the United States。 These three quests inspired some "deep-ish thinking from Nick， about the history and philosophy of our relationship with nature in our national parks， in our farming， and in our backyards; what we mean when we talk about conservation; and the importance of outdoor recreation， all subjects very close to Nick's heart。
With witty， heartwarming stories and a keen insight into the human problems we all confront， this is both a ramble through and celebration of the land we all love。
Nick Offerman has always felt a particular affection for the Land of the Free--not just for the people and their purported ideals but to the actual land itself: the bedrock， the topsoil， and everything in between that generates the health of your local watershed。 In his new book， Nick takes a humorous， inspiring， and elucidating trip to America's trails， farms， and frontier to examine the people who inhabit the land， what that has meant to them and us， and to the land itself， both historically and currently。
In 2018， Wendell Berry posed a question to Nick， a query that planted the seed of this book， sending Nick on two memorable journeys with pals--a hiking trip to Glacier National Park with his friends Jeff Tweedy and George Saunders， as well as an extended visit to his friend James Rebanks， the author of The Shepherd's Life and English Pastoral。 He followed that up with an excursion that could only have come about in 2020--Nick and his wife， Megan Mullally， bought an Airstream trailer to drive across （several of） the United States。 These three quests inspired some "deep-ish thinking from Nick， about the history and philosophy of our relationship with nature in our national parks， in our farming， and in our backyards; what we mean when we talk about conservation; and the importance of outdoor recreation， all subjects very close to Nick's heart。
With witty， heartwarming stories and a keen insight into the human problems we all confront， this is both a ramble through and celebration of the land we all love。
Reviews
Jim Andrew Clark
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A recommended read for fans of Nick Offerman as well as people who appreciate nature and conservationism。 Not exactly a memoir， but more of a love letter to nature， and a pretty good one at that。
Rebecca Heneghan
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This book goes on a lot of tangents and has a lot of extra details。 I have read Nick before and find some things so funny while being so intelligent。Hearing stories of Jeff Tweedy and George Saunders travel national parks was worth the read for me。 I love Nick’s passion for what he writes about but think this could use a bit of editing。 Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC for my honest review。
Katey
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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced readers copy of this book in exchange for an honest review。 I love Nick Offerman and I love the one other book I read by him and his wife， The Greatest Love Story Ever Told。 More than half of this book was talking about his opinions on sustainability and ethical and humane issues that come to food production。 There were also times that he talks about humans being too gluttonous and using too many of the the resources on Earth。 Unfortunatel Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced readers copy of this book in exchange for an honest review。 I love Nick Offerman and I love the one other book I read by him and his wife， The Greatest Love Story Ever Told。 More than half of this book was talking about his opinions on sustainability and ethical and humane issues that come to food production。 There were also times that he talks about humans being too gluttonous and using too many of the the resources on Earth。 Unfortunately in the last part of the book he talks about buying a 30ft Airstream to travel across country in the most hypocritical twist of events in this book。 This was to say the least， extremely disappointing。 I agree with Offerman in a lot of areas， actually in most areas。 However， this story was in poor taste in this book。 It may have been better suited for another book of a different subject matter。 This completely turned me off from this book。 I was hoping at the end of this chapter he would have touched on how hypocritical this story was， and how his wealth was showing， but he did not。 If he would have mentioned that， this book may have been redeemed for me。 I give this two stars because I love his writing style。 Even though I am reading it in my head it is written as he speaks and I can almost hear him reading the book to me in my head。 I will continue to read his books， but this one was not a winner for me sadly。 。。。more
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Erin
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I think， for the right person this is absolutely the right book。 Offerman's editor lets him run wild， with musings on agriculture， nature， consumerism， and humanity's place in all of it （mostly， that we screw everything up， not an unfair assessment）。 This is Nick Offerman's love letter to the great outdoors， so if you want to go on that journey with him， this is the book。 I think， for the right person this is absolutely the right book。 Offerman's editor lets him run wild， with musings on agriculture， nature， consumerism， and humanity's place in all of it （mostly， that we screw everything up， not an unfair assessment）。 This is Nick Offerman's love letter to the great outdoors， so if you want to go on that journey with him， this is the book。 。。。more
Joe Jones
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I love his sense of humor as he teaches us to step out of our 21st century world and appreciate what the land around us has to offer if only we will let it。
Steve
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