Twenty Years of Hus'ling Illustrated Edition J P Johnston Denslow 9781406829723 Books
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By the author of "The Auctioneer's Guide" with 48 illustrations by Denslow.
Twenty Years of Hus'ling Illustrated Edition J P Johnston Denslow 9781406829723 Books
According to the author in a subsequent book, this volume outsold the works of Mark Twain, a contemporary, almost entirely by news butchers in the era of steam trains. It may be or may not be the truth. He wasn't above lying. Whenever Johnston needed more money, he just printed more copies of this book, sometimes fooling the innocent reader by cutting off several chapters without bothering to mention it.Johnston, from Clyde, Ohio, was a mountebank and charlatan who traveled the Midwest in the last quarter of the 1800s, selling furniture polish, cheap jewelry, patent rights to doubtful inventions, trading horses, and auctioneering. It was an era when there were no truth in advertising laws and caveat emptor applied. By the time his customers found out they were cheated, he was gone.
There are some humorous sections, but mostly Johnston boasted of his business acumen against innocent farmers and villagers. What he didn't know was that he was giving us a snapshot of another era, before autos, airplanes, paved roads, or mass communication of any sort--a bucolic America.
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This item is exactly what I was looking for. Based on the description in the advertisement it arrived exactly as described. This is a hard to find item locally.
Thought this book was about a poker player. Ended up reading it anyway and loved it, couldn't put it down. Reading how often this guy goes broke was funny.
According to the author in a subsequent book, this volume outsold the works of Mark Twain, a contemporary, almost entirely by news butchers in the era of steam trains. It may be or may not be the truth. He wasn't above lying. Whenever Johnston needed more money, he just printed more copies of this book, sometimes fooling the innocent reader by cutting off several chapters without bothering to mention it.
Johnston, from Clyde, Ohio, was a mountebank and charlatan who traveled the Midwest in the last quarter of the 1800s, selling furniture polish, cheap jewelry, patent rights to doubtful inventions, trading horses, and auctioneering. It was an era when there were no truth in advertising laws and caveat emptor applied. By the time his customers found out they were cheated, he was gone.
There are some humorous sections, but mostly Johnston boasted of his business acumen against innocent farmers and villagers. What he didn't know was that he was giving us a snapshot of another era, before autos, airplanes, paved roads, or mass communication of any sort--a bucolic America.
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