NMLP P-040098 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie · Simon and Schuster (New York) · 1936
Confirms the census. Simon and Schuster, New York, November 1936 is the true first; US only, with no UK or original-language precedence question to name. The work was drafted as "How to Make Friends and Influence People" and retitled because "make" did not fit the cover design. The 1981 revised edition — which drops the "Letters That Produced Miraculous Results" and "Eight Rules for Making Your Home Life Happier" sections — is a different text and is not a first edition of the work.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-040098 for "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-040098, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).