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WHERE THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY

Offerman, Nick

The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside

WHERE THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY is a humorous and rousing tour of America's nature spots as well as a mission statement about loving, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors, inspired by three journeys undertaken by actor, humorist, and New York Times bestselling author Nick Offerman.
Nick Offerman has always felt a kinship to the Land of the Free - not just to 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 celebrate the people, landscape, and stories, both historical and fresh, that have made it great.

The seeds of this book were planted in 2019, when Nick took two memorable journeys with friends - 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 A 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 the US in late 2020. All three journeys 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 wildlife; what we mean when we talk about conservation; the importance of outdoor recreation; and the healthy building of both local and national communities across party lines, all subjects very close to Nick's heart.

With witty, heartwarming stories, and a keen insight into the problems we all confront, this is both a ramble through and celebration of the land we all love.

Nick Offerman is the New York Times bestselling author of Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living, Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers, and Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop, as well as co-author of The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, with his wife, Megan Mullally. Nick and Megan live in Los Angeles, California, with their pups and an impressive collection of assorted wood clamps.
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Published 2021-10-12 by Dutton

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Laced with humor, intellect and fierce passion, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play is an entertaining getaway to a variety of unexpected American vistas. Read more...

Nick Offerman's fifth book, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play, is charming, earnest and a little pointed, and, of course, very funny. Read more...

Actor Nick Offerman reflects on the great outdoors in 'Where the Deer and Antelope Play' Read more...

Nick Offerman gave a live C-Span BookTV interview Read more...

Nick had a great interview run in USA Today, "Nick Offerman gets philosophical on Mother Nature in new book" ... Read more...

Nick Offerman was the belle of the ball at last weekend's National Book Festival talking about WHERE THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY. He had a wonderful session on stage with Millie Jimenez, a National Park Ranger, who gave Nick her badge after the session! ... Read more...

Nick Offerman was the belle of the ball at last weekend's National Book Festival talking about WHERE THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY. He cracked attendees up at the Opening Celebration (starts around the 43-minute mark) and had a wonderful session on stage with Millie Jimenez, a National Park Ranger, who gave Nick her badge after the session! He also gave a live C-Span BookTV interview and the Washington Post wrote about the event. And as is Nick's way, he signed books for four hours until they were completely sold out. Read more...

Nick had a great interview run in The LA Times, "Nick Offerman's deadpan rambles with Jeff Tweedy, George Saunders and other animals." Read more...

Nick's interview on The Ezra Klein Show is also live: "Lessons on Living Well, From Nick Offerman." The interview is accompanied by a New York Times Opinion article (same link). Read more...

Nick Offerman was the belle of the ball at last weekend's National Book Festival talking about WHERE THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY. He cracked attendees up at the Opening Celebration (starts around the 43-minute mark) ... Read more...