Mainiac chronicler

John Gould

 From Robert Whitcomb’s “Digital Diary,’’ in GoLocal24.com

John Gould (1903-2008) was a Maine-based newspaper reporter, essayist,  raconteur and book author. He was usually engaging and often very funny. You see this in his 1978 book This Trifling Distinction: Reminiscences from Down East. It made me nostalgic for the fun, sometimes crazy, days of newspapers in their golden years, small town and big city. And as the book cover notes, “In Gould’s Maine everybody is either an author or a character.’’