The Andrew Carnegie ReaderAn anthology which aims to bring together a representative selection of Carnegie's writings which show him as a shrewd businessman, celebrated philanthropist, champion of democracy and eternal optimist. This collection covers 60 years of the industrial giant's life, from his letters to his cousin, George Lauder, written in 1853, to the final chapter of his autobiography, completed in 1914. |
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My father's four or five looms occupied the lower story ; we resided in the upper , which was reached , after a fashion common in the older Scottish houses , by outside stairs from the pavement . It is here that my earliest ...
My father's four or five looms occupied the lower story ; we resided in the upper , which was reached , after a fashion common in the older Scottish houses , by outside stairs from the pavement . It is here that my earliest ...
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Looking up to the man under whose legs I had found protection I informed him that was my father speaking . He lifted me on his shoulder and kept me there . To another meeting I was taken by my father to hear John Bright , who spoke in ...
Looking up to the man under whose legs I had found protection I informed him that was my father speaking . He lifted me on his shoulder and kept me there . To another meeting I was taken by my father to hear John Bright , who spoke in ...
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I grew up treasuring within me the fact that my father had risen and left the Presbyterian Church one day when the minister preached the doctrine of infant damnation . This was shortly after I had made my appearance .
I grew up treasuring within me the fact that my father had risen and left the Presbyterian Church one day when the minister preached the doctrine of infant damnation . This was shortly after I had made my appearance .
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Contents
The Making of the SelfMade Man | 1 |
Carnegie at Work Making Money | 29 |
Carnegie at Work Giving Away Money | 125 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Andrew Carnegie Reader Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies Pittsburgh series in social and labor history |
| Author | Andrew Carnegie |
| Editor | Joseph Frazier Wall |
| Contributor | Joseph Frazier Wall |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 082293700X, 9780822937005 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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