When the production ended, he returned to New York, living at the YMCA on 125th Street. Hartley in a road show of Polly of the Circus. He ended up instead attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, but found little success as an actor, though it is written that he played the role of Dr. Īfter saving $500, Dale Carnegie quit sales in 1911 in order to pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a Chautauqua lecturer. He was successful to the point of making his sales territory of South Omaha, Nebraska, the national leader for the firm. He moved on to selling bacon, soap, and lard for Armour & Company. His first job after college was selling correspondence courses to ranchers. He attended State Teacher's College in Warrensburg, graduating in 1908. He completed his high school education in 1906. During high school, he grew interested in the speeches at the various Chautauqua assemblies. to feed the pigs and milk his parents' cows before going to school. As a youth, he enjoyed speaking in public and joined his school's debate team. In 1904, at age 16, his family moved to a farm in Warrensburg, Missouri. Carnegie would develop a longstanding friendship with another Maryville author, Homer Croy. Carnegie grew up around Bedison, Missouri southeast of Maryville and attended rural Rose Hill and Harmony one room schools. He was the second son of farmers James William Carnagey (1852–1941) and his wife Amanda Elizabeth Harbison (1858–1939). Dale Carnegie was born Novemon a farm in Maryville, Missouri.

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