Birth of a Salesman Birth of a Salesman "Birth of a Salesman" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the 26 March 1950 issue of "This Week" magazine. Part of the "Blandings Castle" canon, it features the absent-minded peer Lord Emsworth, and was included in the collection "Nothing Serious" (1950). The story's title is a play on "Death of a Salesman", the now-classic stageplay by Arthur Miller, which had won a Pulitzer Prize the previous year. Lord Emsworth is visiting America for the wedding of his niece Veronica to millionaire Tipton Plimsoll. With currency restrictions
Salesman (1969 film) of "recruit[ing] Paul Brennan, who was in the roofing and siding business, to play a bible salesman". In response, the Maysles threatened suit against "The New Yorker" and rebutted Kael's claims in an open letter sent to the magazine (which, due to "The New Yorker's" policy in 1970 of not publishing letters, did not appear in print until 1996 when it was included in the appendix to the anthology "Imagining Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary"). The letter stated, in pertinent part: In 1992, "Salesman" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of