Yes, Tuyet, I read "How to Win Friends and Influence People" in my teenage years

and it's one of the best books I've ever read in my whole life. I find Dale Carnegie

to be way better than many so called self-improvement specialists who got into

the field writing mumbo jumbo to earn a quick buck!

Yes, I did apply some of the things the author mentioned in his book in my life and

I felt their positive effect, as simple as they are but they approved to me he knew

what he was talking about.

I also read his "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living" and it was an excellent book

as well. Now whether the man committed suicide or died of Hodgkin's lymphoma +

Uremia as written in some resources, I don't think that matters to me! Who am I to 

judge suicidals or people who suffer other diseases. I respected the man's thoughts

and books, God bless his soul.

"One thing to remember is that this was published in 1936 { the height, if you will, of

the Great Depression }. I always looked at it first and foremost as a motivation book.

I imagine that the main purpose of the book was to boost and keep high the spirits

of the unemployed who read it. This was a dismal time in US and world history."

Thank you for the explanation, Truman Overby! It makes a lot of sense.

Guyomar and John have pretty much summed up my thoughts on the book in question. One thing to remember is that this was published in 1936 { the height, if you will, of the Great Depression }. I always looked at it first and foremost as a motivation book. I imagine that the main purpose of the book was to boost and keep high the spirits of the unemployed who read it. This was a dismal time in US and world history.

And no, Mr. Carnegie did not die by his own hand. Some people need to stop relying on The Onion and the National Enquirer for facts.

<a href="https://www.italki.com/user/5305037">Ramona</a>, my Google search told me that he died of suicide, I also watched a program. Even if he did't, I have read his book and I don't think that it is the best choice for people to learn how to manipulate. 

Also, we are discussing not a suicide here, but a book.

Also, my opinion doesn't give you the right to call it "thoughtless, heartless and absolutely unnecessary comment".