Alexander Botts - Earthworm Tractors

Alexander Botts #1

by William Hazlett Upson

Introducing Alexander Botts, salesman of Earthworm Tractors, who is, according to his own modest estimate, a natural born salesman, an artist, and one of the best natural talkers in the organization. When sent to sell a tractor to an English lord, he reveals himself as a man of culture and innate refinement who realizes that a cutaway and all the etceteras are necessities when dealing with the titled nobility. Although in general he tries to cultivate a polite and ingratiating manner, Botts on a collecting job is a hard-boiled bozo, in a very softhearted way. Whether it means diving into a well for a drowned cat, promoting a beauty contest, or riding into a swamp, Alexander Botts always makes his sale, and even if you're not interested in a tractor, you're sure to be interested in and delighted by Botts. Share this book with someone in uniform.

Genres: Fiction, Humor

262 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1929

Reviews

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you like the gentle humor in Homer Price and Tom Sawyer, you'll enjoy these stories. These are correspondence-based tales where much of the humor is "between the lines." The understatement is key to much of the humor.

[Sarah Funke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super fun! And anecdotes are sized for a subway commute.