Nick Offerman

The actor known for roles in such productions as Parks and Recreation shares whimsical musings on a range of topics from love and manliness to grooming and eating meat, offering additional discussions of his life before fame and his courtship of his wife, Megan Mullally.

One Man's Principles for Delicious Living

Paddle Your Own Canoe

When it comes to growing a robust mustache, masticating red meat, building a chair, or wooing a woman, who better to educate you 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 carpentry, Paddle Your Own Canoe features tales from Offerman’s childhood (born, literally, in the middle of an Illinois cornfield) to his theater days in Chicago to the, frankly, magnificent seduction of his wife, Megan Mullally. Offerman also shares his hard-bitten battle strategies in the arenas of manliness, love, styles, and religion, and invaluable advice on getting the utmost pleasure out of woodworking, assorted meats, outdoor recreations, and other palatable entrees.

One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living

Mihai Nueleanu

Patrick Book

There are lots of dumb dumbs who have reviewed this book and criticized it for bit being funnier. I guess I'd be disappointed too if I'd approached this with the mindset that a comedian wrote it, or if I'd bought it in a store where it was shelved as "humour." Thankfully I had an idea what I was getting into and I'm aware that Offerman is an actor, not a comedian. Sure, he's a funny enough fellow who is a talented actor who can play comedy exceptionally well, but I didn't buy this expecting it to be a joke bit or an extended stand-up routine like most comedians' books are. I got what I wanted: the story behind a rather famous fellow who is actually interesting and has had a genuinely interesting path through life and a unique worldview. I was not disappointed, for the most part. My only qualms were that his writing does tend to reach a little too hard, probably shoehorning in more $10 words that would be necessary. I'm sure it comes natural to him, but if be lying if I said it didn't feel forced at times. Oh, and the illustrations were fantastic.

Riah Forbes 

Jimena Vázquez Oliver

3.5, but closer to a 3 than a 4.

God I love Nick Offerman. The way he writes truly is like some batshit poetry and I live for it.

Paddle Your Own Canoe One Man's Principles for Delicious Living

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