How to Survive Without a Salary

I found this book last fall while walking around a table at the local flea market. The table was piled several books deep, end to end with none displaying a price.

As I started wading through the pile of books the guy on the other side of the table looked up, spat a chew of skoal into an empty can, nice day ain’t it, he said wiping his mouth with his sleeve.

Not bad – now if we could get it to stay this way all the time we’d be in good shape, I said; continuing to riffle through the mountain of books. What’s the price on your books?

We’ll let’s see, novels are .50 each, hardcover’s $2 and the rest $1.50 he said, dipping another pinch of tobacco from the can. You like to read?

Yeah, when I find the time. How about you, I asked?

Western type fiction mostly and the Bible.

Tell you what I’ll do, buy five and I’ll let you have the novels for .25 and non fiction for $1 each, he said putting the lid back on the can.

After about twenty minutes of fighting my way through the pile of books, I left with nine titles, including a copy of How to Survive WITHOUT A Salary by Charles Long. When I got back to the trailer, I put the books into my read pile.

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