{"product_id":"paddle-your-own-canoe-nick-offerman-9780525954217","title":"Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParks and Recreation\u003c\/i\u003e actor and \u003ci\u003eMaking It\u003c\/i\u003e co-host Nick Offerman shares his humorous fulminations on life, manliness, meat, and much more in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing 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 \u003ci\u003eParks and Recreation\u003c\/i\u003e's Ron Swanson? Combining his trademark comic voice and very real expertise in woodworking--he runs his own woodshop--\u003ci\u003ePaddle Your Own Canoe\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA mix of amusing anecdotes, opinionated lessons and rants, sprinkled with offbeat gaiety, \u003ci\u003ePaddle Your Own Canoe\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Offerman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 052595421X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525954217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dutton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.37w x 1.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2013 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/25\/2013 pg. 56","brand":"Nick Offerman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051230327039,"sku":"9780525954217","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a6d120cd-b44c-4171-a6fa-24cb39261bec.jpg?v=1685011856","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paddle-your-own-canoe-nick-offerman-9780525954217","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}