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Kerr's episodic plot, eclipsing American history, is strung together by Barna-by Goodchild, a delightfully Dionysian scamp who, condemned to the stocks for frolicking while a Puritan, is liberated by Charity and wanders through the next three hundred years of American history. Goodchild's continuous reincarnation as a succession of American myth-men symbolizes the dynamic forces behind the building of America and his wanderings parallel the geographic expansion of the U.S.A...

Author: By Anna C. Hunt, | Title: 'Sing Out'--- Tufts | 8/8/1957 | See Source »

...five-column picture showed Britain's Prince Philip in Denmark standing over a simpering nurse named Peggy Goodchild (see cut). But if the Express (circ. 4,042,334) knew what "caused the twinkle in the Prince's eye and the obvious blush on the maiden's cheek," it was not telling. Instead, it offered a ?100 ($280) prize to the reader who sent in a caption arch enough to "capture the mood of the moment in the brightest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Press, Jun. 10, 1957 | 6/10/1957 | See Source »

...Sing Out" would have little to offer without its musical substance. It is, in fact, nothing more than a song cavalcade of the United States. Alfred Drake portrays Barnaby Goodchild, a legendary rake who keeps American singing for 300 years, and not entirely free from interference. Before the play is over, Puritan ministers, Civil War top sergeants, Gay Nineties park policemen, and navy lieutenant commanders are doing their best to stop Barnaby from spreading musical mirth as he romps through America's history...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 11/28/1944 | See Source »

...Leave a man alone with the New Testament and let him be uninterrupted and he will come out a Baptist."?Dr. Frank M. Goodchild...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baptists | 6/7/1926 | See Source »

...York Times Current Events Contest, it was announced last night by Professor A. N. Holcombe '06, Chairman of the Harvard Committee. Wyzanski will now be the University's representative in the final examination of the contest which will be held on May 15. Honorable Mention was given John Goodchild Dow '27, of Kennebunkport...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WYZANSKI CARRIES OFF PALM IN TIMES CONTEST | 4/30/1926 | See Source »

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