This Trifling Distinction
Reminiscences from Down East
Published on 15. March 2019
224 pages
978-1-60893-563-5 (ISBN)
Description
Unparalleled tall tales and heroes wander freely through this collection of John Gould's "reminiscences" of life in Maine. Here you'll find stories of unlicensed Maine guide Flint Johnson and his group of Yankees and Red Sox ball players, the time L.L. Bean invited the whole town of Freeport to help him choose the best ax, and Gould's grandfather's claim to have fired the shot that started the Battle of Gettysburg.
Gould does not wish his memories to be in any way taken as an autobiography, but rather they are intended to convey just how much fun he has had living and writing in Maine.
Gould does not wish his memories to be in any way taken as an autobiography, but rather they are intended to convey just how much fun he has had living and writing in Maine.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
File size
0,62 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-60893-563-5 (9781608935635)
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Book
05/2019
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
- Apology
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- Acknowledgments
