In his mid 30s, Marquis Mills Converse, who was previously a respected manager at a footwear manufacturing firm, opened the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in February 1908. [Wikipedia]
Had a [f]antastic find at the used book store! A 1957 French printing of the Marquis de Sade's 120 Days of Sodom. I've only seen the controversial film version by Pasolini... ;)
