Andrew Carnegie

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