Summary of Nick Offerman's Where the Deer and the Antelope Play

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 The billboards I saw upon arriving in Kalispell, Montana, were advertising Jesus Christ. I thought it was strange, as billboards are normally used for advertising. I didn’t feel welcomed at all.

#2 I set out to write a book about humans and their relationship with the natural world, but I was shocked by the billboards I saw on my trip to Montana. I knew that our country’s complicated and loaded history with Christianity would play a role in the conversation, but I hadn’t expected it to be so blatant.

#3 I wanted to go for a long walk in the woods, away from the various channels of distraction that increasingly rule my daily life. I met up with Jeff Tweedy, the singer-songwriter and front man for the American rock band Wilco, and George Saunders, the devilishly handsome American writer.

#4 I took the idea of going on a walk with my brother Jeff to Montana tent store. I wanted to immerse myself in one of the country’s most magnificent parks, far from the entangling web of my responsibilities in Los Angeles and the various channels of communication and distraction that populate those responsibilities.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669355946

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Insights on Nick Offerman's Where the Deer and the Antelope Play

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The billboards I saw upon arriving in Kalispell, Montana, were advertising Jesus Christ. I thought it was strange, as billboards are normally used for advertising. I didn’t feel welcomed at all.

#2

I set out to write a book about humans and their relationship with the natural world, but I was shocked by the billboards I saw on my trip to Montana. I knew that our country’s complicated and loaded history with Christianity would play a role in the conversation, but I hadn’t expected it to be so blatant.

#3

I wanted to go for a long walk in the woods, away from the various channels of distraction that increasingly rule my daily life. I met up with Jeff Tweedy, the singer-songwriter and front man for the American rock band Wilco, and George Saunders, the devilishly handsome American writer.

#4

I took the idea of going on a walk with my brother Jeff to Montana tent store. I wanted to immerse myself in one of the country’s most magnificent parks, far from the entangling web of my responsibilities in Los Angeles and the various channels of communication and distraction that populate those responsibilities.

#5

We all have Chicago in common, and we have all lived and loved there. We often feel like brothers, but we also have our idiosyncratic differences. We had never been out in the woods together, and I had only comfortably embraced civilization.

#6

The downside of shopping is that it can lead you to create a deficit in your life. If you’ve been around the block like George, you might realize that you can hike a national park trail without dropping a few bills on a fancy new pair of boots.

#7

When it comes to footwear, I have since spent a lifetime choosing it for its functionality rather than its fashion. I wanted to be comfortably and safely attired so that my attention could be free to muse and percolate on the ways in which we humans relate to nature.

#8

When I spend time with George and Jeff, I feel like I am on the verge of discovering some form of real religion. Their talents are