John Gould

<span>Born and bred in Maine, </span><span style="font-weight:bold;">John Gould</span><span> (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 </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Christian Science Monitor</span><span>. Despite his literary fame, he would always claim that he was, first, last, and always, a farmer.</span>