NMC Library

Andrew Carnegie /

Nasaw, David.

Andrew Carnegie / David Nasaw. - New York : Penguin Press, 2006. - xiv, 878 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [842]-850) and index.

Dunfermline, 1835-1848 -- To America, 1848-1855 -- Upward bound, 1853-1859 -- War and riches, 1860-1865 -- Branching out, 1865-1866 -- A man of energy, 1867-1868 -- "Mr. Carnegie is now 35 years of age, and is said to be worth one million of dollars," 1870-1872 -- "All my eggs in one basket," 1872-1875 -- Driving the bandwagon, 1875-1878 -- Round the world, 1878-1881 -- Making a name, 1881-1883 -- Mr. Spencer and Mr. Arnold, 1882-1884 -- "The star-spangled Scotchman," 1884 -- Booms and busts, 1883-1885 -- The "millionaire socialist," 1885-1886 -- Things fall apart, 1886-1887 -- A wedding and a honeymoon, 1887 -- The Pinkertons and "Braddock's battlefield," 1887-1888 -- Friends in high places, 1888-1889 -- The gospels of Andrew Carnegie, 1889-1892 -- Surrender at Homestead, 1889-1890 -- "There will never be a better time than now to fight it out," 1890-1891 -- The battle for Homestead, 1892 -- Loch Rannoch, the Summer of 1892 -- Aftermaths, 1892-1894 -- "Be of good cheer--we will be over it soon, 1893-1895 -- Sixty years old, 1895-1896 -- "An impregnable position," 1896-1898 -- "We now want to take root," 1897-1898 -- The anti-imperialist, 1898-1899 -- "The richest man in the world," 1899-1901 -- "The saddest days of all," 1901 -- "A fine piece of friendship," 1902-1905 -- "Apostle of peace," 1903-1904 -- "Inveterate optimist," 1905-1906 -- Peace conference, 1907 -- Tariffs and treaties, 1908-1909 -- "So be it," 1908-1910 -- The best laid schemes, 1909-1911 -- "Be of good cheer," 1912-1913 -- 1914 -- Last days, 1915-1919.

1594201048 9781594201042

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Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.


Industrialists--United States--Biography.
Philanthropists--United States--Biography.

CT275.C3 / N37 2006

338.7/672/092 B

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