author
Abner Bayley
A little-known figure linked to an early edition of An Iron Will, he is remembered today mostly through that enduring self-help classic and a small trail of historical records.
1 Audiobook
An Iron Will
by Orison Swett Marden, Abner Bayley
About the author
Historical records found during this search point to two different uses of the name Abner Bayley. Project Gutenberg and LibriVox list an Abner Bayley connected with An Iron Will, a work commonly associated with Orison Swett Marden, while genealogical and church-history sources also identify an earlier Rev. Abner Bayley (1716–1798), a Congregational minister in Salem, New Hampshire.
Because the available sources are sparse and not fully consistent, it is safest to say that Abner Bayley is a relatively obscure authorial name best known from editions of An Iron Will. That book has stayed in circulation for generations because of its direct, encouraging message about determination, self-mastery, and personal growth.
No clearly verified portrait of the author was found during this search. The only image located on a likely biographical page appeared to be a headstone rather than a portrait, so it has been left out here.