This book has been authored by Dale Carnegie. He used his acumen of closely observing people and delving deep into their psychologies to write the book. He is well known because of his principle belief that no man should be made to think of himself as unimportant. He is a pioneer in the self-help genre of books. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter 1
"If You Want to Gather Honey, Don't Kick Over the Beehive"
On May 7, 1931, the most sensational manhunt New York City had ever known had come to its climax. After weeks of search, "Two Gun" Crowley -- the killer, the gunman who didn't smoke or drink -- was at bay, trapped in his sweetheart's apartment on West End Avenue.
One hundred and fifty policemen and detectives laid siege to his top-floor hideaway. They chopped holes in the roof; they tried to smoke out Crowley, the "cop killer," with tear gas. Then they mounted their machine guns on surrounding buildings, and for more than an hour one of N