One Red Paperclip: Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dreams With the Help of a Simple Office Supply by Kyle MacDonald (2007, Paperback)

Key Details
Author:	Kyle MacDonald
Language:	English
Publisher:	Three Rivers Pr
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-10:	0307353168
ISBN-13:	9780307353160

Size
Length:	310 pages
Height:	8.3 in
Width:	5.8 in
Thickness:	0.8 in
Weight:	14.4 oz

Publisher's Note
A hilarious, irreverent account of one's man's odyssey in search of his dreams describes how the author used a series of trades around the globe to barter a single red paperclip for a house in Saskatchewan. Original. 30,000 first printing.

Kyle MacDonald had a paperclip. One red paperclip, a dream, and a resume to write. And bills to pay. Oh, and a very patient girlfriend who was paying the rent while he was once again “between jobs.” Kyle wanted to be able to provide for himself and his girlfriend, Dominique. He wanted to own his own home. He wanted something bigger than a paperclip. So he put an ad on Craigslist, the popular classifieds website, with the intention of trading that paperclip for something better. A girl in Vancouver offered him a fish pen in exchange for his paperclip. He traded the fish pen for a doorknob and the doorknob for a camping stove. Before long he had traded the camping stove for a generator for a neon sign. Not long after that, avid snow-globe collector and television star Corbin Bernsen and the small Canadian town of Kipling were involved, and Kyle was on to bigger and better things.

In One Red Paperclip, Kyle takes you on a journey around the globe as he moves from paperclip holder to homeowner in just fourteen trades. With plenty of irreverent and insightful anecdotes and practical tips on how you can find your own paperclip and realize your dreams, he proves it's possible to succeed in life and achieve your dreams on your own terms. Quirky and inspirational, this story of a regular guy and a small, red, now-legendary paperclip will have you looking at your office supplies-and your life-in a whole new way.