Item - The Boy Salesman; or, Out on the Road for Success

(Fame and Fortune Weekly Edition - source: NIU Libraries)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text:	Internet Archive (Fame and Fortune Weekly Edition) Northern Illinois University (Fame and Fortune Weekly Edition)
Series:	Fame and Fortune Weekly — no. 375 Fame and Fortune Weekly — no. 835
Subjects / Tags:	Bildungsromans Salesman Success
Author:	Self-made man, 1853-1915 (pseudonym used by Tracy, J. Perkins (James Perkins), 1853-1915)
Dates:	December 2, 1912 (Fame and Fortune Weekly Edition) September 30, 1921 (Fame and Fortune Weekly Edition)
Publishers:	Fame and Fortune Weekly Edition: Frank Tousey (New York (N.Y.): 24 Union Square) -- United States Fame and Fortune Weekly Edition: Harry E. Wolff (New York (N.Y.): 166 W. 23rd St.) -- United States
First Sentence:	"Some business houses think it pays to send out kid travelers in place of experienced, high-salaried men over a well-developed territory, on the theory that the samples sell the goods when once the accounts are opened," sneered a sandy-featured, red-headed drummer, named Gid Marsh, to a bunch of three other traveling salesmen, of which one was a bright, shrewd-looking boy of eighteen years. (Fame and Fortune Weekly Edition)
Last Sentence:	All we can say is that Joe ultimately went into the picture postal and booklet business himself and made a pile of money out of the business, the foundation of which he laid during his first trip when out on the road to success. (Fame and Fortune Weekly Edition)