In the early ’50s, my Uncle Carl decided to sell the World Book encyclopedia to the Red Hill families with children. His sales pitch to the parents was “purchasing a set of encyclopedias would be an investment in the future of your children.”

This was probably true, but I suspect the commission on the books was fairly attractive to him as well. Anyway very soon, many families in Red Hill, as well as ours, were the proud owners of this huge set of books.

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