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The Bookman Song: A Memoir
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Desperate for a job in the summer of 1979, two college friends decided to sell educational books door-to-door, on commission, 1,500 miles away from home. It was a ridiculous thing to do, and everyone told them so. But they did it anyway, and proceeded to have one of the greatest adventures of their lives. With barely $100 between them, and no id
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Tad Simons
Tad Simons is an award-winning writer and journalist whose work has appeared in Mpls./St.Paul, Twin Cities Reader, City Pages, Variety, American Theatre, Utne Reader, the Washington Post, and many other publications. He lives somewhere in the Midwest, near a big city that he does his best to avoid.
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