Hill's mother died when he was nine years old, and his father remarried two years later to Martha. His father was an unofficial dentist and was also a moonshiner. His grandfather came to the United States from England and settled in southwestern Virginia in 1847. His parents were James Monroe Hill and Sarah Sylvania (Blair), and he was the grandson of James Madison Hill and Elizabeth (Jones).
Hill was born in a one-room cabin near the Appalachian town of Pound in southwest Virginia. Gizmodo has called him "the most famous conman you've probably never heard of". Accused of fraud, modern historians also doubt many of his claims, such as that he met Andrew Carnegie and that he was an attorney. Most of his books were promoted as expounding principles to achieve "success". Hill's works insisted that fervid expectations are essential to improving one's life. He is best known for his book Think and Grow Rich (1937), which is among the best-selling self-help books of all time. Oliver Napoleon Hill (Octo– November 8, 1970) was an American self-help author and conman.
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