Not to be missed, which it might be because of its rather unspecific title, is the book *Facts: By A Woman*, about which see http://twain.lib.virginia.edu/marketin/facts2.html On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 11:22 AM Alan Kitty <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I will see your wager and raise the pot that you are right about those > interesting stories. I’m not only the Jim Smiley of Book Agents, I was > among the last of them. > > My door to door experience took the form of the Encyclopedia Americana. I > know from accounts from Twain’s time that the sample cases, sample books, > and I’m guessing much of the sales pitch remained essentially unchanged > from his time to mine. > Alan > > > > > > > > > > > Alan Kitty, Executive Director > Mark Twain Education Society > > “Laughter can shatter the most colossal humbug; blow it to rags and atoms > with a single blast.” > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 18, 2020, at 11:00 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 > -- Benjamin Griffin Associate Editor, Mark Twain Project The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000 (510) 664-4238