The Jonesport Raffle by Gould, John

The Jonesport Raffle (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781608935543)

Vendor: John Gould
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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The Jonesport Raffle by Gould, John

The Jonesport Raffle

$19.95
The Jonesport Raffle by Gould, John

The Jonesport Raffle

$19.95
Format: Paperback
Description
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Beginning with the legendary story of a man in Jonesport (or was it Dexter or Waterford or Litchfield?) who raffled off his horse, which incidentally had been dead for some time, these twenty-nine tales cover the length and breadth of Maine and extend back to the sixteenth-century fishing camps that were set up a hundred years before Jamestown and Plymouth.
Learn about the origin and history of "schoolmarms," along with other classic tales on Down East thrift, the evils of drink, Maine weather, lumbering folklore, and Paul Bunyan. These yarns often pull your leg, so keep a sharp eye!
Such a collection makes for an encyclopedia of the great cultural achievement of Mainers, which has been compared to the Rosetta Stone and the birth of Chaucer. But essentially The Jonesport Raffle is a book of the highest humor that will be a source of infinite enjoyment.

Author: John Gould
ISBN-10: 160893554X
ISBN-13: 9781608935543
Publisher: Down East Books
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2017
Pages: 222
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d
By John Gould
By John Gould
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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.

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