I truly adore Nick Offerman and I loved the other books that I’ve read by him. He makes reading about the outdoors fun and even makes me want to go out and experience it instead of sitting at home and reading books all day. I also love that he adds a little bit of his political views into the book. But, that’s probably cause him and I are on the same page. That being said, I think it’s a fantastic book and he has an incredible sense of humor!

Nick offerman is a really interesting man I absolutely love his role on parks and Rec it was a fun and unique story

Leave it to Nick Offerman to take a book about some of his best nature-related vacations and turn it into a thoughtful treatise on the environment, climate change and our role as humans to protect the planet we live on (and each other).

I wasn't expecting to learn so much from this book, but I truly did. Offerman's perspective is important, urgent and necessary, and I would recommend this book to everyone. I even enjoyed it so much, I listened to the audiobook after I'd read the digital copy, because I wanted to hear it in his voice.

My husband is reading this book! Thank you so much for sending this for our review and consideration.

I love Nick Offerman and everything he writes! Just like the rest of his novels, this one was great and amazing! Nick is brilliant and his writing is phenomenal. Loved this!

I’ll start by saying I am a huge Nick Offerman fan. He is so much more than the characters he portrays in his films and television. He has exceptional acting capabilities and has a depth that I feel is seen more in his writing.

I had read The Greatest Love Story Ever Told and was not certain what to expect from this before diving in. I was no disappointed!

I did find that Nick’s writing didn’t offer as much insightfulness as I’d hoped or read in other books within the same topic.

Overall, fell a little flat but still call me a fan!

I don't have much to say about this book other than BUY IT and read it. Love Nick Offerman and love his newest book.

Nick Offerman is a great actor, but an even better writer. His fourth book, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play, is a love letter to nature and the living world around us all. I appreciated his discussions on looking around at nature to ensure you're living a life well lived.

This ended up being more of a political rant on the state of resource use and democracy (in the US) than the humorous nature inspired memoir that I thought I was getting from the description. I agree with most everything stated in the book, but the tone of the book came across as more fed-up than "lets make fun of these ridiculous knuckleheads" which will put off many readers.

I very much enjoyed part 1 of the book describing a vacation to Glacier National Park with George Saunders and Jeff Tweedy. I would have enjoyed a whole book of their incites and adventures.

The last part of the book is about Nick and his wife purchasing and driving a 30 ft. Airstream trailer across the country which seems hypocritical given the discussion of overuse of natural resources in the previous parts of the book. Then again the author proclaims his love for fast food while also lambasting factory farming.

Reader advisory will be tricky as there is a heavy political slant to the tone of the book.

I personally love Nick Offerman and everything about him. I love his acting work, his hosting work, his marriage to Megan Mullaly, his friendship with Amy Poehler, and his belief in the preservation of nature. So I truly enjoyed this book of stories centering around his agrarian lifestyle.

If people don't know this about him, they may be disappointed with the subject matter. He is so much more than an actor with some fun stories from the set of a television show, and I highly encourage everyone to read this, whether they are a fan of his, or just a fan of the earth in general

A recommended read for fans of Nick Offerman as well as people who appreciate nature and conservationism. Not exactly a memoir, but more of a love letter to nature, and a pretty good one at that.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group Dutton for providing a digital ARC for review.

An interesting read. I feel like going hiking now. Good for those who love the outdoors. ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.

This book goes on a lot of tangents and has a lot of extra details. I have read Nick before and find some things so funny while being so intelligent.

Hearing stories of Jeff Tweedy and George Saunders travel national parks was worth the read for me.

I love Nick’s passion for what he writes about but think this could use a bit of editing.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC for my honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced readers copy of this book.
I love Nick Offerman and I love the one other book I read by him and his wife, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told.
More than half of this book was talking about his opinions on sustainability and ethical and humane issues that come to food production. There were also times that he talks about humans being too gluttonous and using too many of the the resources on Earth. Unfortunately in the last part of the book he talks about buying a 30ft Airstream to travel across country in the most hypocritical twist of events in this book. This was to say the least, extremely disappointing.
I agree with Offerman in a lot of areas, actually in most areas. However, this story was in poor taste in this book. It may have been better suited for another book of a different subject matter. This completely turned me off from this book. I was hoping at the end of this chapter he would have touched on how hypocritical this story was, and how his wealth was showing, but he did not. If he would have mentioned that, this book may have been redeemed for me.
I give this two stars because I love his writing style. Even though I am reading it in my head it is written as he speaks and I can almost hear him reading the book to me in my head. I will continue to read his books, but this one was not a winner for me sadly.

Here's the thing, I absolutely do not think this book is for everyone. Nick Offerman tends to write in a way that leans on curmudgeonly, and a "back in my day" reverence. I do think he's improved on his lectures on technology and consumerism--he always has a point, but it comes with a bit of side eye from the reader.

So this isn't a Ron Swanson waxing poetic about America and natural resources. Instead, it's a man's sincere love of nature. This isn't my favorite book by far, but I think that it is exceptionally well written.

My thanks to NetGalley and Dutton publishers for an ebook ARC of this title.
I read this not only for Offermen, but also because a large chunk of the book is talen up by a trip to the Glacier National Park - with Jeff Tweedy and George Saunders! We also get to spend time later with Wendell Berry.
And then he and wife Megan Mullally buy an Airstream, and travel the US during COVID.
Offerman writes with his usual dry humor, but he also has opinions. Strong opinions.
Not just a book of travels and hikes and adventures, but also of ideas on how nature should be treated, and saved. As well as our democracy.
A thoroughly enjoyable book of humor and adventures and ideas.

I did not finish this book. I was looking for a humorous book about the outdoors for an escape from all the craziness
going on in the world. I read Part One and could not make myself keep reading. I found a few parts that made me smile (the bears, bells and pepper spray comes to mind), the book came off to me with a condescending vibe. At times I felt like I was reading Where the Woke and the Talking Points Play. I got the feeling the author's view of America outside the cities was....the physical geography of America is beautiful, it would be perfect if it didn't have Americans in it.

Maybe this is not fair as I DNF'ed the book. Hopefully, the rest of the book is humorous, it was just not what I was looking for.