The Library of Congress has made available a pdf of the trials and tribulations of a lady book agent in California, Mrs. J. W. Likins. Emphasis on trials and tribulations, with a dozen references to Mark Twain. https://www.loc.gov/item/11027968/ On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 11:03 AM Clay Shannon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Did any book agent write up his experiences - what it was like traveling > around the country, from house to house and farm to farm, selling people > advance copies of Twain's next book? I would wager a healthy sum that there > were some quite interesting stories to tell. > - B. Clay Shannon >