Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
by Andrew Carnegie
About this book
This autobiography of Andrew Carnegie is a very well written and interesting history of one of the most wealthy men in the United states. He was born in Scotland in 1835 and emigrated to America in 1848. Among his many accomplishments and philanthropic works, he was an author, having written, besides this autobiography, Triumphant Democracy (1886; rev. ed. 1893), The Gospel of Wealth, a collection of essays (1900), The Empire of Business (1902), and Problems of To-day (1908)]. Although this autobiography was written in 1919, it was published posthumously in 1920. (Summary by William Tomcho)
Chapters (29)
1Parents and Childhood
2Dunfermline and America
3Pittsburgh and Work
4Colonel Anderson and Books
5The Telegraph Office
6Railroad Service
7Superintendent of the Pennsylvania
8Civil War Period
9Bridge-Building
10The Iron Works
11New York as Headquarters
12Business Negotiations
13The Age of Steel
14Partners, Books, and Travel
15Coaching Trip and Marriage
16Mills and the Men
17The Homestead Strike
18Problems of Labor
19The "Gospel of Wealth"
20Educational and Pension Funds
21The Peace Palace and Pittencrieff
22Matthew Arnold and Others
23British Political Leaders
24Gladstone and Morley
25Herbert Spencer and His Disciple
26Blaine and Harrison
27Washington Diplomacy
28Hay and McKinley
29Meeting the German Emperor

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