born in a small town in northwest missouri and is buried in an increasingly not so small town of belton just to the south of us, part of our suburbs. dale carnegie was a true missourian, and walt disney a true missourian, and jesse james, true missourian. they were all in one way or another into self-fulfillment, and steven watts writes this wonderful genealogy, starts with benjamin franklin and moves through purveyors of self- develop who were so port in american culture, and comes to dig -- dale carnegie, and ends the book with oprah winfrey. you think about the direction that the destiny of self-development goes from self-control, with benjamin franklin to self-esteem, with open practice -- oprah winfrey, with this deep stop with dale carnegie. this is a powerful book that is really not just a biography of dale carnegie. it's a biography of the emotional develop of the united states, and it's not all necessarily good. but as steven watts will tell you, it's all really nice. ladies and gentlemen, steven watts. [applause] >>> i just told crosby he is a hard act to follow here. dale car