Publication date:
15 May 2019Length of book:
248 pagesPublisher
Down East BooksISBN-13: 9781608935482
For more than six decades, John Gould charmed readers of the Christian Science Monitor with his regular column Dispatches from the Farm," in which he extolled the virtues of Maine life. Gathered here are fifty favorites from among his "dispatches," comprising a wholesome potpourri of Yankee wit. With its zany variety, native flavor, and good-natured needling, this collection will warm the hearts of both Down Easters and folks from away.
"Now a wider audience has a chance to savor these Dispatches from the Farm. The preserve memories and values which are a rich element of American life and have a part to play in the future of a good society."
--Erwin D. Canham, former editor-in-chief, Christian Science Monitor
"Most these tales would lose little in being transported to the Ozarks, Appalachia, or California. They apply in any region where the natives are sagacious, the economy rural, and the people from away naive . . . Mr. Gould's humor is universal, which is a good thing for humor to be."
-- New York Times Book Review