Publisher's Synopsis
It all began with the word itself. -Grass. Gramina. The family Gramineae. Grasses.- -Oh,- I responded doubtfully. The picture in my mind was only of a vague area in parks edged with benches for the idle. Anyway, I was far too resentful to pay strict attention. I had set out in good faith, not for the first time in my career as a salesman, to answer an ad offering -$50 or more daily to top producers,- naturally expecting the searching onceover of an alert salesmanager, back to the light, behind a shinytopped desk. When youve handled as many products as I had an ad like that has the right sound. But the world is full of crackpots and some of the most pernicious are those who hoodwink unsuspecting canvassers into anticipating a sizzling deal where there is actually only a warm hope.
