{"product_id":"joe-goulds-secret-9780375708046","title":"Joe Gould's Secret","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoseph Mitchell was a legendary \u003cb\u003eNew Yorke\u003c\/b\u003er writer and the author of the national bestseller \u003cb\u003eUp in the Old Hotel\u003c\/b\u003e, in which these two pieces appeared. What Joseph Mitchell wrote about, principally, was New York. In Joe Gould, Mitchell found the perfect subject. And \u003cb\u003eJoe Gould's Secret\u003c\/b\u003e has become a legendary piece of New York history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe Gould may have been the quintessential Greenwich Village bohemian. In 1916, he left behind patrician roots for a scrappy, hand-to-mouth existence: he wore ragtag clothes, slept in Bowery flophouses, and mooched food, drinks, and money off of friends and strangers. Thus he was able to devote his energies to writing \"An Oral History of Our Time,\" which Gould said would constitute \"the informal history of the shirt-sleeved multitude.\" But when Joe Gould died in 1957, the manuscript could not be found. Where had he hidden it? This is \u003cb\u003eJoe Gould's Secret\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Mitchell is] one of our finest journalists.\"--Dawn Powell, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What people say is history--Joe Gould was right about that--and history, when recorded by Mitchell, is literature.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.62w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375708046","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45155964223625,"sku":"9780375708046","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_9c39929d-e4e5-41c3-aed9-8da497320352.jpg?v=1768293410","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/joe-goulds-secret-9780375708046","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}