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Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside

Bottom of the pile

9

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

17/100

Critics

2/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Nick Offerman

Publisher:

Dutton

Date:

October 12, 2021

The actor, writer and woodworker takes a literary journey to America's frontier to celebrate the people and landscape that have made it great.

What The Reviewers Say

Alice Cary,
BookPage
... an undeniable immediacy, as though readers are spending the day hiking right beside him.
Zebulin Evelhoch,
Library Journal
Offerman shares observations from the road with wry humor and sarcasm and an understanding of the privilege that allowed the Parks and Recreation actor to make these journeys.

Kirkus
Offerman entertainingly chronicles his travels in the Montana Rockies.
Dave Shiflett,
The Wall Street Journal
Some readers may detect a slight whiff of smugness, and as the pages turn (there are more than 300 of them) they may soon conclude that Mr. Offerman can be far more political than pastoral. He vigorously lashes the infidels, including Brett Kavanaugh, Kit Carson, the country singer Lee Greenwood, Donald Trump and Trump’s red-capped followers.