John Gould
1908 – 2003
The Gould Life – Tribute written in The Ellsworth American on January 8, 2020 (10)
The Fastest Hound Dog in the State of Maine: A Celebration of John Gould (14)
Click above for “A Conversation with John Gould” that appeared in the Christian Science Monitor on October 28, 1987 (16)
A Bit More about John Gould by author and publisher Jim Baumer (11)
Click above for Christian Science Monitor Article (5) on John Gould – PDF backup copy HERE
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Primary Sources
Click here for a wonderful collection of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs of John Gould from the Maine State Library. (9)
Gould was editor and publisher of the weekly Lisbon Enterprise which was housed in this building in Lisbon ~ shown here in 1962 (15)
Read how John Gould taught Stephen King everything he needed to know about writing in 10 minutes in Stephen King’s “EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WRITING SUCCESSFULLY – IN TEN MINUTES” (12)
Read Stephen King’s account of how John Gould became his first editor.
Text Excerpts & Access to Books
Click above to read Gould’s column “Inside Lobster Pots” which appeared in the Christian Science Monitor on February 4, 1983. (17)
Click above to read Gould’s column “Cat Tales from Down East” which appeared in the Christian Science Monitor on November 3, 1992. (18)
Click above to read Gould’s column “Long Johns without Silver” which appeared in the Christian Science Monitor on March 26, 1982. (19)
Click above to read Gould’s column “Long Johns without Silver” which appeared in the Christian Science Monitor on September 25, 1987. (20)
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John Gould’s Obituary in the Los Angeles Times (9)
John Gould’s Obituary in the New York Times (1)
PDF backup copy of obituary (4)
John Gould’s gravestone in Lisbon Falls, Maine (2)
