Valerie at Hachette Book Group has graciously offered this book for me to review and do a giveaway for!
This giveaway is closed as of Oct 28
Preston Clearwater has been a criminal since stealing two chain saws and 1,600 pairs of aviator sunglasses from the army during the Second World War. Back on the road in postwar North Carolina, now a member of a car-theft ring, he picks up hitchhiking Henry Dampier, an innocent twenty-year-old Bible salesman. Clearwater immediately recognizes Henry as smart but gullible, just the associate he needs–one who will believe Clearwater is working undercover for the F.B.I.; one who will drive the cars Clearwater steals as Clearwater follows along in his own car at a safe distance. Henry joyfully sees a chance to lead a dual life as a Bible salesman and a G-man.
During his hilarious and scary adventures, Henry grapples with doubts about the Bible’s accuracy, and we learn of his fundamentalist upbringing, an upbringing that doesn’t prepared him for his new life. As he falls in love with the captivating Marleen Green and questions his religious training, Henry begins to see he’s being used–that he is on his own in a way he never imagined.
Book Journey 
I sold magazines door to door as a child..LOL
I would love to win this book.
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i am a follower; thanks
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I would love to be entered. I am a follower and I have never sold any thing door to door and I would probably be good at selling books lol.
Zia
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Zia – you would be an excellent book seller! 🙂
Why thank you! =)
I am a google follower and would really like to win
this book.
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I’ll be posting this on Twitter! 🙂
When I was a kid I sold magazine subscriptions door to door!
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I sold stuff as a kid in school
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I sold Chocolates door to door when I lived in Austrailia
Of course you sold chocolates….LOL….. I should have known that! 🙂
I follow.
thanks
I passed this up for review because I didn’t want to commit, but I’m actually pretty intrigued. Please enter me.
I sold Camp Fire Girls candy door to door when I was a kid. I sold a lot, although way too much of it was to my own family :-).
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I follow your blog in Google Reader.
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I sold chocolate bars door-to-door for school fundraisers as a child! I’m sure I’ll get to start helping my kids with that soon.
Hi Pam… oh I remember those days too….lol
I follow your blog.
I sold Avon door-to-door for about a year.
Hi Cindy – theres a blast from the past. My mom used to do that. I had forgotten about that.
We sold boxes of candy back in the day as Camp Fire girls. Everyone always staked out the nearby apartment building.
Oh yeah – I remember those days! LOL
I follow your blog via Google Reader.
I commented on the 10/3 Morning Meandering!
Thanks for the extra chances to win.
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I sold classified ad space for a tiny commission. Worst job I ever had!
Hi Susan – ugh! I bet it was bad!
I remember when I was a kid I sold Christmas cards and holiday items door to door.
I have never sold anything door to door, but did collect for UNICEF when I was a kid and it wasn’t fun for me. Too shy and hate rejection. I’d love to read this one. Please include me in the drawing
I follow with Google Reader.
Please include me in the contest. Book sounds interesting!
I’ve never sold anything door to door….but if I would, maybe handmade knit items I make myself.
I just happened upon your blog, but I will be a follower from now on!
Thanks for the chance to win!
When I was a kid Girl Scout cookies were sold door to door, and I sold a lot of them. Thanks for the giveaway.
Hi Ellie – Girl Scout Cookies! What a blast from the past! Do they even do door to door any more? My friend just sends out a group email when the cookies are for sale and we email back what we want. Times they are a changing…. LOL
Door to Door…magazine subscriptions for school projects. Thanks for the giveaway.
Hi Karen…. magazines huh? Perhaps this lead to your love of books! 🙂 I solf magazines door to door to for a school thing when I was in Alaska.
I’m a follower 🙂
I sold girl scout cookies door to door and was pretty good at it. Thanks for the giveaway.
Mia – I love questions that bring up memories like this. How cool you have this memory…. 🙂
I sold Christmas cards to my neighbors as a kid.
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I subscribe
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As a child I sold cookies (for Girl Guides, equivalent to the US Girl Scouts) door to door. I also sold chocolate too once. Please accept this as my entry. Thank you!
Aliya D.
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As a child, I sold things from a magazine as part of a school fundraiser.
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I did that one year!
I have never sold anything door to door. As a child, I did sell things for fundraisers, but only to family members/family friends (my parents were way overprotective). I tried selling Mary Kay as an adult. I was too shy to approach strangers about a makeover and I felt bad taking money from family and friends. I am a terrible salesperson.
Please include me in the giveaway.
HI heatherzilla – I think it todays world that is the norm… not a whole lot of door to door any more. Isnt it amazing how quickly things have changed? And maybe amazing isnt the right word…. but scary may be.
I sold girl scout cookies as a young girl-but thats it
Yes, I was a telemarketer selling magazines. I was quite good at it; it was before the glut of telemarketers.
I sold candles and chocolates door to door!
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I’m a follower (moziesme)
And we posted about this giveaway at Winning Readings:
http://winningreadings.blogspot.com/2009/10/bible-salesman_17.html
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I sold candles and stuff for fundraising as a kid. I always hated it!
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I have sold candy, sausage, and cookies as a child for club fundraisers. As an adult I used to sell catalog items for a large department store years a go. Thank you for entering me, the book sounds like a good entertaining read.
I sold magazines, candy, yearbook ads, etc. when I was in school. Sold some pizza kits and gift wrap for my kids when they were in school. Don’t think I’d do very well trying to sell anything now.
Please enter me in your contest.
When I was a kid, I sold candy bars for school fundraising, but that’s it. I don’t think I’d be good at selling ANYTHING door to door because I really hate selling. Period. And I’d most likely starve if America functioned on the barter system! I’d love to read this book, tho. Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
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gwendolyn b. – me too – I hate selling…. cant even fundraise becuase I hate to ask people for anything 🙂
and, I’m a Follower!
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Could have sworn I entered this, but I don’t see my entry. I really want to read this book. Enough that I will certainly buy it if I don’t pick it up in a giveaway. Thanks for hosting!
I think I would be good at selling anything to do with books. I am so passionate about reading. I think that would show in my salespitch.
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I sold candy bars door to door for high school fund raisers. Thanks for the opportunity to win this book!
I already follow
I think I would be good at selling books.
I sold candy for a School Fund Raiser door to door. I was not good at it. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I follow
As a child I remember selling cards and chocolate bars door to door. I hated it. I can’t think of anything that I would be good selling door to door, or that I would even like to sell door to door as an adult.
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