Andrew Carnegie

TitleAndrew Carnegie
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2006
AuthorsNasaw, David
Number of Pages896 pp.
PublisherPenguin Press
CityNew York, NY
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781594201042
Annotation

Contents:
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

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