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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were eager for his manuscripts , and Carnegie was in the fortunate position of a writer able to select his own forum . He was generous in dispensing the prod- ucts of his pen to a broad spectrum of periodicals ranging from the Youth's ...
were eager for his manuscripts , and Carnegie was in the fortunate position of a writer able to select his own forum . He was generous in dispensing the prod- ucts of his pen to a broad spectrum of periodicals ranging from the Youth's ...
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She write me and I write her , and den I ask her would she She marry me . educated , but she write Den yes . I ask her to come to New York , and I meet her dere , but , Mr. Carnegie , dem was very I people don't know noting about ...
She write me and I write her , and den I ask her would she She marry me . educated , but she write Den yes . I ask her to come to New York , and I meet her dere , but , Mr. Carnegie , dem was very I people don't know noting about ...
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Carnegie had just finished writing those words when the guns of August began to boom . Car- negie was forced to add a postscript to this chapter that he never imagined he would have to write ...
Carnegie had just finished writing those words when the guns of August began to boom . Car- negie was forced to add a postscript to this chapter that he never imagined he would have to write ...
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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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