Odds & Ends: September 25, 2026
Salesman. My latest Criterion watch was this 1969 documentary, which follows four door-to-door salesmen from the Mid-American Bible Company as they work Catholic parishes around Boston and then down in Florida, trying to move a $49.95 (that’s $500 in 2026 dollars — expensive!) illustrated Bible to working-class families. It’s a peek into a world that […] This article was originally published on The Art of Manliness.
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