John Gould (1) (1908–2003)

Author of The Farmer Takes a Wife

For other authors named John Gould, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

Born and bred in Maine, John Gould (1908-2003) was well known for his acerbic Yankee wit. Over the course of his life he wrote dozens of books, and for an astounding sixty-two years he was a regular columnist for the Christian Science Monitor. Despite his literary fame, he steadfastly claimed that show more he was first, last, and always, a farmer. show less

Image credit: Pic of John Gould at his typewriter.

Works by John Gould

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The Farmer Takes a Wife (1948) 75 copies, 1 review

Maine Lingo: Boiled Owls, Billdads, & Wazzats (1975) 57 copies, 1 review

Tales from Rhapsody Home: Or, Reporting Live from Our Last Resort (2000) 43 copies

The House That Jacob Built (1945) 32 copies, 1 review

Stitch in Time (1985) 27 copies

The Fastest Hound Dog in the State of Maine (1953) 26 copies, 3 reviews

And One to Grow On: Recollections of a Maine Boyhood (2020) 21 copies

There Goes Maine! (1990) 21 copies

The Jonesport raffle, and numerous other Maine veracities (1979) 20 copies

Last One In: Tales of a New England Boyhood (1966) 18 copies

Twelve Grindstones: Or a Few More Good Ones, Being Another Cultural Roundup of Maine Folklore (1970) 16 copies

Dispatches from Maine: 1942-1992 (1994) 16 copies, 1 review

Europe on Saturday Night : The Farmer and His Wife Take a Trip (1968) 15 copies

Funny About That (1992) 14 copies

Monstrous Depravity: A Jeremiad and a Lamentation About Things to Eat (2021) 13 copies

Neither Hay Nor Grass (1951) 13 copies

Maine's golden road : a memoir (1995) 12 copies

Next Time Around: Some Things Pleasantly Remembered (1983) 11 copies

Old Hundredth (1987) 10 copies

This Trifling Distinction: Reminiscences from Down East (1978) 10 copies

The shag bag, which, considering our perculiar [sic] present, has no motive, purpose, and dedicated aim, and is meant only to be amusing--which not very much is nowadays, is it? (1979) 8 copies

It Is Not Now: Tales of Maine (1993) 8 copies

Glass Eyes by the Bottle (1975) 8 copies

Coastal Maine: A Scenic Discovery (1985) 8 copies

The parables of Peter Partout (1964) 8 copies

You should start sooner (2019) 7 copies

No Other Place (1984) 6 copies

New England town meeting, safeguard of democracy (1940) 5 copies

The wines of Pentagoët (1986) 5 copies

Pre-natal care for fathers (2017) 3 copies

Only In Maine: Stories from Down East Magazine (1969) 2 copies

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Legal name: Gould, John Thomas
Birthdate: 1908-10-22
Date of death: 2003-08-31
Gender: male
Education: Bowdoin College
Occupations: columnist
memoirist
Organizations: The Christian Science Monitor
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Brighton, Massachusetts, USA
Places of residence: Lisbon Falls, Maine, USA
Place of death: Portland, Maine, USA
Associated Place (for map): Maine, USA

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scott.r 30 reviews

The Fastest Hound Dog in the State of Maine by John Gould

Quiet, deadpan humor easily lost on those from away. A good old yarn followed by "copious and scholarly" notes by the teller.

Aug 14, 20112 other reviews

jbarr5 8,247 reviews

Dispatches from Maine: 1942-1992 by John Gould

Dispatches from Maine, 1942-1992 by John Gould
Essays from Maine, a weekly newspaper editorial, stories of farm life. Some funny stories.
Interesting articles on snowstorms, Christmas, gardening, maple sugaring, lobstering all of which I'm interested in.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

Jan 22, 2016

2wonderY 1,464 reviews

The House That Jacob Built by John Gould