Last One in - Tales of a New England Boyhood

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext There used to be a time when marvelous skyrockets could be purchased for a dime and the iceman came around once a week, when throwing a cap on and off took special talent and pants had watch pockets. When John Gould was young it didn' take much to amuse a boy. A boy would wake up in the morning ready to be "amazed all day long at all manner of things."Warmth, humor, nostalgia--these pages are filled with them, all conveyed lovingly in John Gould's signature wit. For anyone who is has ever been young and wants to remember or just laugh with Gould as he recounts his experiences growing up in another era.

Product details

• Authors: John Gould
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2016
• EAN: 9781608935505
• ISBN: 978-1-60893-550-5
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Maine, Memoirs, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, History of the Americas, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs