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.

Introduction -- Part 1 Freemasons -- 1 George Washington -- 2 Benjamin Franklin -- 3 James Madison -- 4 Frederick Douglass -- Part 2 Idealists -- 5 Theodore Roosevelt -- 6 Frederick Law Olmsted -- 7 Eleanor Roosevelt -- 8 Tom Laughlin -- 9 Wendell Berry -- 10 Barney Frank -- 11 Yoko Ono -- 12 Michael Pollan -- Part 3 Makers -- 13 Thomas Lie-Nielsen -- 14 Nat Benjamin -- 15 George Nakashima -- 16 Carol Burnett -- 17 Jeff Tweedy -- 18 George Saunders -- 19 Laurie Anderson -- 20 Willie Nelson -- 21 Conan O'Brien -- Epilogue -- Further Reading By Subject -- Acknowledgments -- Credits.