Andrew Carnegie

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Oxford University Press, 1970 - Biography & Autobiography - 1137 pages
This masterful biography of a giant of American industry triumphantly reveals every aspect of the man's complex personality and fabulous career. So varied were Carnegie's activities in industry, politics, education, philanthropy, and pacifism that his life encompasses much of the general history of the United States and of Great Britain down to the outbreak of World War I. Carnegie the man remains at the center of the book -- impulsive, haughty, idealistic, warm, loyal, and shrewd -- and the drama of his life from telegraphy boy to millionaire philanthropist is emphasized. This rounded, honest biography does not hesitate to call Carnegie to task for some of his financial dealings, his often arbitrary personal relationships and his occasional hypocrisy, or to show him at his worst. But the reader takes from the book a full understanding of why to many Americans Carnegie's death meant the end of an era in American history. -- From publisher's description.

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Dunfermline 1835
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The Inheritance 17401835
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Dunfermline Childhood 18351848
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Joseph Frazier Wall was Parker Professor of History and Dean of Grinnell College. His books included Henry Watterson: Reconstructed Rebel (OUP, 1956) and Alfred I. du Pont: The Man and His Family (OUP, 1990).

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