This one may be of interest — THE BOOK AGENT: HIS BOOK by Joshua Wright (1904). The text is available at archive.org. Barb On Saturday, January 18, 2020, 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 >