Lincoln the Unknown
by Carnegie, Dale
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New York: Perma Giants, 1949. Later edition from an additional publisher. Hardcover. Good. [2], x, 305, [3] pages. Bibliography, board corners and top and bottom spine edges worn/small chips, small piece missing at spine. Comments and underling noted. Some pencil erasures noted. Nice inscription signed by Carnegie on fep. Dale Harbison Carnegie (November 24, 1888 - November 1, 1955) was an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. He was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), a bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote, Lincoln the Unknown (1932), and several other books. One of the core ideas is that it is possible to change other people's behavior by changing one's behavior toward them. By 1916 Dale was able to rent Carnegie Hall itself for a lecture to a packed house. Carnegie's first collection of his writings was Public Speaking: a Practical Course for Business Men (1926), later entitled Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business (1932). His crowning achievement, however, was when Simon & Schuster published How to Win Friends and Influence People. Lincoln the Unknown is a biography of Abraham Lincoln, written in 1932 by Dale Carnegie and given out as a prize in the Dale Carnegie Course. One spring day, Dale Carnegie came across a column in the Morning Post newspaper entitled "Men and Memories". On that particular morning and for several mornings following, that column was devoted to Abraham Lincoln-the personal side of his career. Carnegie read those with profound interest, and surprise. He determined to write a book on Lincoln, himself. Carnegie began the work in Europe, and then went to Illinois, to write of Lincoln on the very ground where Lincoln himself had dreamed and toiled. He delved among old books, letters, speeches, newspapers and court records, trying to understand Lincoln. Carnegie wrote many of the chapters in Springfield. Some in the sitting-room of the old home where Lincoln lived, some at the desk where he composed his first inaugural address, and others where he came to court Mary Todd.
Synopsis
Dale Carnegie wrote this book in 1932, when there were still some people alive who had met Abraham Lincoln. This look at the life of the assasinated president focuses on his childhood, the disorganization behind the Union forces in the Civil War, and the small moments that defined the man behind the legend.
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- Title
- Lincoln the Unknown
- Author
- Carnegie, Dale
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later edition from an additional publisher
- Publisher
- Perma Giants
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- U.S. Presidents, Biographies, Self-Help, Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Self-Improvement, Civil War, Slavery, Signed, Carnagey, Ann Rutledge, Influencing, Role Model
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