Herman Melville's short story The Lightning-Rod Man deals with the descent of one of these salesmen upon the resident of a lonely mountain homestead, written in 1853. Wonderful tale of an unwavering salesman in lightning rods having a tough sales talk with an obstinate customer. Brilliant dialogue between the main characters here. What a classic sales story. It's relevance for our modern times? 

Narrator: Peter Coates
Listening Length: 00:18:34