While Offerman shares my fondness for the great outdoors, particularly 'pristine wilderness in close proximity to relatively comfy hotel beds,' this rambling collection of essays really didn't hit the mark for me. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 bedrock, the topsoil, and everything in between that generates the health of your local watershed.

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.

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

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