It is Not Now
Tales of Maine
Published on 15. May 2021
196 pages
978-1-60893-700-4 (ISBN)
Description
It is Not Now is collection of stories based upon real life, as well as a reflection on lost ways and changing values. It is a celebration of the eccentric people and lives of small towns all across Maine. Gould's wise, charming, and irreverent writing, honed by half a century of acute observation and practice of his craft, brings the American past to life even as it finds humor and hope in the American present.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Globe Pequot Press
File size
1,06 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-60893-700-4 (9781608937004)
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Book
07/2021
Down East Books,U.S.
€17.90
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Person
Born and bred in Maine, John Gould (1908-2003) was well known for his acerbic Yankee wit. Over his life he wrote dozens of books and for an astounding sixty-two years was a regular columnist for the Christian Science Monitor. Despite his literary fame, he would always claim that he was, first, last, and always, a farmer.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Peter Partout's Page
- 1 Longwinded Introduction
- 2 Modern Thoreaux
- 3 A One-Sided Approach
- 4 Lady Law at Odd Moments
- 5 Dramatic Improvements
- 6 The Leash Law
- 7 Vacationland Stuff
- 8 About Maine Style Sweet Corn
- 9 A Concrete Example
- 10 A Little About Mrs. Monroe
- 11 They Ran out of Wampum
- 12 The Price of Indifference
- 13 Bill Really Wore Spats
- 14 Peace and Poverty, Fess
- 15 Five Times Five Is Twenty-five
- 16 The Day I Played MacHamlet
- 17 Let It Simmer Three Hours
- 18 Grandmother Was Grateful
- 19 How Long Is a Plutt?
- 20 The Advantage of Junk Mail
- 21 Camping Paper-Mill Felt-Wise
- 22 Why Does Albert Have My Hat?
- 23 A Deadbeat in California
- 24 Here's My Two Cents' Worth
- 25 The Policeman's Lot-Not Happy
- 26 Everybody Have More Children!
- 27 We Could Do Much Worse
- 28 An Unconstitutional Summer?
- 29 It Isn't That Easy to Get
- 30 Black Cat-A Reformed Methodist
- 31 The Night Reggie Bouchard Spoke
- 32 Bingo! For Steel Ceilings
- 33 Some Corner of a Foreign Field
- 34 The Thumb Is in Style
- 35 Elegance Goes with 4-H Pigs
- 36 Bent Over like an Old Man
- 37 Fred Was in Good Health
- 38 First, Have a Boiled Dinner
- 39 Everybody Out for Croquet!
- 40 Molly Was a Red Cow
- 41 The Disasters Were Fun, Too
- 42 Whatever Became of Dr. Tufts?
- 43 Where Would You Find a Dust Cap?
- 44 Something to Do in February
- 45 Keep out of the Hot Sun
- 46 Beedy Served Four Terms
- 47 Always Take Store Money
- 48 Uncle Ralph Had Four Prices
- 49 Remember the Registered Maine Guide?
- 50 Our Last Thanksgiving
