Lecture agent Mr. Peakings declines to book the unknown Neville

When his first book came out in 1941, Harper Brothers sent the then-unknown Neville to the veteran lecture agent Mr. Peakings, who told him he could only sell names and joked that if Neville shot someone and got off he could be booked across the country.
Date (happened)
1941
unresolved
  1. 1941 stated · preferred
    Source Revelation of the Word Within ¶6"In 1941", told in Revelation of the Word Within (nid 1454)
Place
Peakings
Persons
Neville Goddard
Mr. Peakings
Told / reported
  1. 23 May 1969 stated
    Source Revelation of the Word WithinRevelation of the Word Within (nid 1454), telling 1454-0, told 1969-05-23
Sources

Source

  • Revelation of the Word Within ¶6 (Mr. Peakings was a sweet, lovely gentleman, mature in years. In those days I was a young man and he was a very, very elderly gentleman and very gracious. He said to me, “Neville, you’re completely unknown. If you could go out and shoot someone and get of…)