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Author Offerman, Nick, 1970- author.

Title Gumption : relighting the torch of freedom with America's gutsiest troublemakers / Nick Offerman.

Publication Info. New York : Dutton, [2015]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1645304~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  973 OFF    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  973 OFF    AVAILABLE
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Description xvii, 382 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-377)
Contents Introduction -- Part 1 Freemasons -- George Washington -- Benjamin Franklin -- James Madison -- Frederick Douglass -- Part 2 Idealists -- Theodore Roosevelt -- Frederick Law Olmsted -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Tom Laughlin -- Wendell Berry -- Barney Frank -- Yoko Ono -- Michael Pollan -- Part 3 Makers -- Thomas Lie-Nielsen -- Nat Benjamin -- George Nakashima -- Carol Burnett -- Jeff Tweedy -- George Saunders -- Laurie Anderson -- Willie Nelson -- Conan O'Brien -- Epilogue.
Summary The star of Parks and Recreation and author of the best-selling Paddle Your Own Canoe pays tribute to inspiring mischief makers, from George Washington to Willie Nelson, while expounding on such topics as religion, handcrafting and meat.
Subject United States -- Biography -- Humor.
United States -- History -- Humor.
Biography.
Anecdotes.
Wit and humor.
Genre Biographies.
Humor.
ISBN 9780525954675 (hardcover)
0525954678 (hardcover)
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