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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Krass, Peter. Carnegie. New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, c2002 (OCoLC)606925753 |
| Named Person: | Andrew Carnegie; Andrew Carnegie; Andrew Carnegie |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Krass |
| ISBN: | 0471386308 9780471386308 |
| OCLC Number: | 50143490 |
| Description: | xi, 612 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Flesh and blood -- Odyssey to America -- $1.20 a week -- The Scotch Devil -- Tree of knowledge -- Blood money and black gold -- An iron coup -- Many hands, many cookie jars -- Bridges to glory -- Epiphany of legend -- Template for domination -- Rekindling the flame -- War against the steel aristocracy -- An attack on Britain -- Bleeding hearts and bleeding newspapers -- Patronizing the peasants -- The pale horse and the gray dress -- Gospel of conscience -- Rewards from the Harrison presidency -- Prelude to homestead -- The Homestead tragedy -- The great Armor scandal -- Seeking a measure of peace -- Illegal rebates and a fight with Rockefeller -- A point of disruption and transition -- The crusades -- UnCivil war -- The world's richest man -- Tainted seeds -- Human frailty -- The peace mission begins -- The metamorphosis of Andrew Carnegie -- Covert deal with Taft -- The last great benefaction -- House of cards -- The war to end all wars. |
| Responsibility: | Peter Krass. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Explores the life and career of the industrialist who made his fortune in the steel industry, and who was also one of the nation's greatest philanthropists.
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