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Joseph Ferdinand Gould (12 September 1889 – 18 August 1957) [1] was an American eccentric, also known as Professor Seagull.Often homeless, he claimed to be the author of the longest book ever written, An Oral History of the Contemporary World, also known as An Oral History of Our Time or Meo Tempore.
Joe Gould's Secret is a 1965 book by Joseph Mitchell, based upon his two New Yorker profiles, "Professor Sea Gull" (1942) and "Joe Gould's Secret" (1964). Mitchell's work details the true story of the eponymous Joe Gould , a writer who lived in Greenwich Village in the first half of the 20th century.
Joseph or Joe Gould may refer to: Joe Gould (writer) (1889–1957), writer, eccentric, homeless man Joe Gould's Secret, the 1965 book by Joseph Mitchell based on the writer Joe Gould's Secret, the 2000 film based on the above book; Joe Gould (boxing) (1896–1950), manager of boxer James J. Braddock
Set in Manhattan in the early 1940s, the film focuses on the relationship between Joseph Mitchell, a writer for The New Yorker, and Joe Gould, an aging, bearded, disheveled bohemian and Harvard University graduate who wanders through the streets of Greenwich Village carrying a tattered portfolio and demanding donations to "The Joe Gould Fund".
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
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The overwhelming reaction to watching Tarrant County jailers brawl with Anthony Johnson Jr., to one subduing him with a knee, to Johnson’s cries that he can’t breathe, is revulsion.. Revulsion ...
Joe found love again after the death of his first wife with Jill Biden, whom he married in 1977. The pair expanded their family with daughter Ashley Biden in 1981.