Joe Goulds Teeth

Author : Jill Lepore
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101947594
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joe Gould's Teeth written by Jill Lepore and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New Yorker staff writer and Harvard historian Jill Lepore, the dark, spellbinding tale of her restless search for the long-lost, longest book ever written, a century-old manuscript called “The Oral History of Our Time.” Joe Gould, a madman, believed he was the most brilliant historian of the twentieth century. So did some of his friends, a group of modernist writers and artists that included E. E. Cummings, Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, John Dos Passos, and Ezra Pound. Gould began his life’s work before the First World War, announcing that he intended to write down nearly everything anyone ever said to him. “I am trying to preserve as much detail as I can about the normal life of every day people,” he explained, because “as a rule, history does not deal with such small fry.” By 1942, when The New Yorker published a profile of Gould written by the reporter Joseph Mitchell, Gould’s manuscript had grown to more than nine million words. But when Gould died in 1957, in a mental hospital, the manuscript was nowhere to be found. Then, in 1964, in “Joe Gould’s Secret,” a second profile, Mitchell claimed that “The Oral History of Our Time” had been, all along, merely a figment of Gould’s imagination. Lepore, unpersuaded, decided to find out. Joe Gould’s Teeth is a Poe-like tale of detection, madness, and invention. Digging through archives all over the country, Lepore unearthed evidence that “The Oral History of Our Time” did in fact once exist. Relying on letters, scraps, and Gould’s own diaries and notebooks—including volumes of his lost manuscript—Lepore argues that Joe Gould’s real secret had to do with sex and the color line, with modernists’ relationship to the Harlem Renaissance, and, above all, with Gould’s terrifying obsession with the African American sculptor Augusta Savage. In ways that even Gould himself could not have imagined, what Gould wrote down really is a history of our time: unsettling and ferocious.

Author : Jill Lepore
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101971797
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joe Gould's Teeth written by Jill Lepore and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New Yorker staff writer and Harvard historian Jill Lepore, the dark, spellbinding tale of her restless search for the missing longest book ever written, a century-old manuscript called “The Oral History of Our Time.” Joe Gould’s Teeth is a Poe-like tale of detection, madness, and invention. Digging through archives all over the country, Lepore unearthed evidence that “The Oral History of Our Time” did in fact once exist. Relying on letters, scraps, and Gould’s own diaries and notebooks—including volumes of his lost manuscript—Lepore argues that Joe Gould’s real secret had to do with sex and the color line, with modernists’ relationship to the Harlem Renaissance, and, above all, with Gould’s terrifying obsession with the African American sculptor Augusta Savage. In ways that even Gould himself could not have imagined, what Gould wrote down really is a history of our time: unsettling and ferocious.

Author : Joseph Mitchell
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504026616
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joe Gould's Secret written by Joseph Mitchell and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a notorious New York eccentric and the journalist who chronicled his life: “A little masterpiece of observation and storytelling” (Ian McEwan). Joseph Mitchell was a cornerstone of the New Yorker staff for decades, but his prolific career was shattered by an extraordinary case of writer’s block. For the final thirty-two years of his life, Mitchell published nothing. And the key to his silence may lie in his last major work: the biography of a supposed Harvard grad turned Greenwich Village tramp named Joe Gould. Gould was, in Mitchell’s words, “an odd and penniless and unemployable little man who came to this city in 1916 and ducked and dodged and held on as hard as he could for over thirty-five years.” As Mitchell learns more about Gould’s epic Oral History—a reputedly nine-million-word collection of philosophizing, wanderings, and hearsay—he eventually uncovers a secret that adds even more intrigue to the already unusual story of the local legend. Originally written as two separate pieces (“Professor Sea Gull” in 1942 and then “Joe Gould’s Secret” twenty-two years later), this magnum opus captures Mitchell at his peak. As the reader comes to understand Gould’s secret, Mitchell’s words become all the more haunting. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joseph Mitchell including rare images from the author’s estate.

Author : Michael Clarkson
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1554906814
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of Glenn Gould written by Michael Clarkson and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the memories of his women and confidantes, this biography provides a fresh portrait of virtuoso pianist Glenn Gould, detailing his many motivations, dreams, quirks, and fears. Filled with personal stories from the people who were intimately involved with the man, this account shows how Gould, the worlds greatest pianist in the 1950s and 1960s, was richly inspired by, and bared his soul at the keyboard to, the numerous women who stirred his hard-to-fetch emotions. Long considered to be an asexual, lonely, and egocentric figure, this exposeby examining the details about Goulds many love affairs and how they affected his life, music, and filmmakingpresents a unique perspective on one of the most enigmatic artists of the 20th century.

Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : Union Square & Co.
ISBN 13 : 1454954582
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book O Pioneers! written by Willa Cather and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Bergson family leave their home in Sweden to travel to the United States in search of a better life, they, like many immigrants, are awed by the beautiful harshness of their new life in Nebraska. When their father, John Bergson, grows sick and dies, he leaves the farm in the hands of his eldest daughter Alexandra Bergson. Resourceful and determined, Alexandra devotes her life to her family's farm, determined to prosper even as her neighbors are overwhelmed by the unremitting demands of pioneer life. But when she falls in love with her childhood friend, Carl Linstrum, Alexandra must choose between her duty to the land, and to her heart. A spirited celebration of the immigrants who have shaped the United States, O Pioneers! is a masterpiece by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Author : Tom Wolfe
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 142996118X
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers written by Tom Wolfe and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers is classic Tom Wolfe, a funny, irreverent, and "delicious" (The Wall Street Journal) dissection of class and status by the master of New Journalism The phrase 'radical chic' was coined by Tom Wolfe in 1970 when Leonard Bernstein gave a party for the Black Panthers at his duplex apartment on Park Avenue. That incongruous scene is re-created here in high fidelity as is another meeting ground between militant minorities and the liberal white establishment. Radical Chic provocatively explores the relationship between Black rage and White guilt. Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers, set in San Francisco at the Office of Economic Opportunity, details the corruption and dysfunction of the anti-poverty programs run at that time. Wolfe uncovers how much of the program's money failed to reach its intended recipients. Instead, hustlers gamed the system, causing the OEO efforts to fail the impoverished communities.

Author : Lyman Horace Weeks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prominent Families of New York written by Lyman Horace Weeks and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Orison Swett Marden
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9359394211
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pushing To The Front written by Orison Swett Marden and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pushing to the Front written by Orison Swett Marden is a widespread literary journey that transcends the traditional boundaries of motivation and personal development. Within its pages lies a treasure trove of timeless wisdom, carefully crafted to inspire and empower individuals to reach their fullest potential. His eloquent prose and insightful storytelling, guide readers on a transformative expedition. He explores the depths of human ambition, resilience, and perseverance, shedding light on the secrets of success that lie within each of us. Drawing from the lives of extraordinary individuals who have surmounted seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Marden illuminates the path to achievement. This literary masterpiece offers a refreshing perspective on personal growth, urging readers to unleash their hidden talents and embrace their unique abilities. With every turn of the page, Marden's words serve as a beacon of hope, urging readers to seize opportunities and embrace the power of a positive mindset.

Author : Emily Faithfull
Publisher : Applewood Books
ISBN 13 : 1429004606
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Visits to America written by Emily Faithfull and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman from Scotland recounts her travels in the U.S., focusing particularly issues relating to women (education, employment, etc.), also discussing more general cultural matters.

Author : Charlotte Mary Yonge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magnum Bonum, Or, Mother Carey's Brood written by Charlotte Mary Yonge and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: