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September 26, 1964

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Joe Gould’s Secret—II

Joseph Mitchell

Part 2 of Joseph Mitchell’s classic Profile of the Greenwich Village bohemian Joe Gould, who claimed to have authored the longest book ever written.

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A Different Time, A Different Place

Robert M. Coates