Comment by WalterBright
11 hours ago
I was shocked to discover that "How To Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie was heavily rewritten by his wife after his death. I had two copies of the book, and sure enough, one was the old version and the other the new. The new one did not withstand scrutiny.
Hacker News' founder Paul Graham also recommends that you read the original version[1]. I'm curious to see examples of what was changed in the revision. I read it myself a long time ago, but I don't know which one it was and wondering if I missed out on the better version.
[1] https://paulgraham.com/startupfaq.html
May I ask: what was different? This is the first time I’ve heard of this and I’ve only seen what was, likely, the new edition.
My original copy was printed in 1977. His wife's version that I have was printed in 1981.
Parts V and VI were removed from the wife's version.