Alexander Botts: Earthworm Tractors Series
The adventures of a natural-born salesman.
Books in the Alexander Botts: Earthworm Tractors series:
Alexander Botts, Earthworm Tractors (1929)
When Alexander Botts offers his services to the Earthworm Tractor Company, they do not realize what they are in for - fortunately for them and for us.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Tony Sarg
Earthworms in Europe: Alexander Botts Makes the Old World Tractor-Conscious (1931)
In search of new worlds to conquer, Alexander Botts, natural born salesman, sails for Europe with eight Earthworm tractors in the hold.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Tony Sarg
Keep ’Em Crawling: Earthworms at War (1943)
Alexander Botts, Earthworm tractor salesman, gives the war effort his all.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
E. Franklin Wittmack
Botts in War, Botts in Peace: Earthworms Can Take Anything (1944)
This entry in the saga of Alexander Botts, natural born salesman, takes him from 1933 to fighting in World War II.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Earthworms through the Ages: The Wisdom of Alexander Botts (1947)
These entries in the Botts saga take him from 1932 to 1947.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Joe Krush
Hello, Mr. Henderson (1949)
Alexander Botts’ boss, Mr. Henderson has enough troubles of his own keeping Earthworm tractor buyers happy.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Joe Krush
No Rest for Botts: Earthworms Make the World Go Round (1951)
Master tractor salesman Alexander Botts has been discharged from the army and is back in action.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Best of Botts (1961)
Alexander Botts, world’s greatest salesman, sells Caterpillar tractors all over the United States, in France and New Guinea.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Larry Lurin
Original Letters of Alexander Botts (1963)
More adventures of the world’s greatest salesman.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Tony Sarg
Alexander Botts: Great Stories from the Saturday Evening Post (1973)
Adventures of a natural born tractor salesman.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Fabulous Saga of Alexander Botts and the Earthworm Tractor (2001)
Further adventures of the tractor salesman extraordinaire.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Alexander Botts Rides Again: More Mayhem on the Earthworm Tractor (2005)
A collection of stories about the adventures of Alexander Botts, super salesman of Earthworm tractors.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown