Gumption
Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
Offerman celebrates twenty-one gutsy Americans, from Washington to Willie Nelson, using each as a peg for his heartfelt case about freedom and character.
Offerman profiles twenty-one Americans he admires for their nerve and independence, an idiosyncratic pantheon running from George Washington and Frederick Douglass to Wendell Berry, Yoko Ono, and Willie Nelson. Each sketch mixes potted biography with his own opinions on freedom, decency, and doing good work, using the figures as pegs for a broader argument about character. Digressive and heartfelt, it is a comedian’s earnest attempt to celebrate the gutsy virtues he thinks the country has misplaced.
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