Andrew Carnegie / David Nasaw.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nasaw, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2006.
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Table of 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.