A Lifetime of Riches: The Biography of Napoleon Hill - Hardcover

Ritt, Michael J.; Landers, Kirk

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525940014 ISBN 13: 9780525940012

Publisher: Dutton Adult, 1995

Synopsis

Traces the life of the author of the best-selling guide to personal and financial success, Think and Grow Rich!, from his impoverished childhood in Virginia to his career as a business journalist. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael J. Ritt, Jr. serves as the executive director, secretary and treasurer of the Napoleon Hill Foundation. He worked directly with Napoleon Hill as his assistant for ten years, and has worked for over 40 years with W. Clement Stone.

Kirk Landers is a journalist and freelance writer who has interviewed hundreds of business leaders from around the world, writing articles and columns on what makes companies and individuals succeed.

From Publishers Weekly:

Hill (1883-1970) was the author of several early self-help books-Law of Success, 1929; Think and Grow Rich, 1937; Mental Dynamite, 1941-all promoting an inspirational philosophy of personal achievement that, if followed, purportedly would lead to wealth and success. Although Hill died a prosperous man, he spent most of his life jumping from one get-rich-quick scheme to another and experienced long periods of poverty. Landers, a freelance writer, and Ritt, former executive director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, have put a good spin on Hill's contradictory life. Yet their account does not provide any real insight into why a man whose books were able to motivate others nonetheless deserted his wife and children several times to follow his dreams and left their financial support to others. After his wife finally divorced him, Hill married two more times. This is a public-relations bio marked by stilted writing. Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Adult
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0525940014
• ISBN 13: 9780525940012
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256