And One to Grow On

Reflections of a Maine Boyhood

John Gould

When John Gould was young, a boy learned about the sea--and arithmetic and knots and geography and life--from the old deep-water men living out their lives in snug harbors. He grew up knowing the woods; the way a church supper smells; the way the Ladies Aid bargained together before a food sale. The friendly, close-knit community life and the deep family affection gave him a foundation of sound sense to last through the years ahead.

This is a book to read and reread. You will be glad to know that once, in Maine, a boy could have this kind of childhood; and you might be envious because you did not.

Down East Books

Pages: 256 • Trim: 5¾ x 8½

978-1-60893-540-6 • Paperback • March 2020 • $19.95 • (£13.95)

978-1-60893-541-3 • eBook • March 2020 • $9.99 • (£6.95)

Subjects: Humor / Form / Essays, Humor / Topic / Marriage & Family

And One to Grow On

Reflections of a Maine Boyhood

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Summary

When John Gould was young, a boy learned about the sea--and arithmetic and knots and geography and life--from the old deep-water men living out their lives in snug harbors. He grew up knowing the woods; the way a church supper smells; the way the Ladies Aid bargained together before a food sale. The friendly, close-knit community life and the deep family affection gave him a foundation of sound sense to last through the years ahead.

This is a book to read and reread. You will be glad to know that once, in Maine, a boy could have this kind of childhood; and you might be envious because you did not.

Details

Down East Books

Pages: 256 • Trim: 5¾ x 8½

978-1-60893-540-6 • Paperback • March 2020 • $19.95 • (£13.95)

978-1-60893-541-3 • eBook • March 2020 • $9.99 • (£6.95)

Subjects: Humor / Form / Essays, Humor / Topic / Marriage & Family

Author

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.

Reviews

Real humor with wit added . . . A book for laughter, an aid to digestion, and a dispeller of black clouds. And a bestseller, I do believe.
— Los Angeles Times

And One to Grow On

Reflections of a Maine Boyhood

John Gould

And One to Grow On

Reflections of a Maine Boyhood

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