"Andrew Carnegie was born into poverty in Scotland in 1835. By 1901 he was the Steel King of America and had sold his business for $480 million. Today, his name is known worldwide, commemorated in Carnegie halls around the world and in the thousands of Carnegie libraries which he funded. But who was Andrew Carnegie and how did the boy from nowhere become a millionaire philanthropist? This book charts his phenomenal rise form his first lowly employment in a cotton mill in Pittsburgh, and delves into the character and contradictions of the real Andrew Carnegie." "When he was young boy,…
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Editions
3 editions
Other · English · 2006
History Press Limited, The · 9780752495101
Other · English · 2006
Trafalgar Square · 288 pages · 9780750933711
Other · English · 2005
Sutton Pub. · 246 pages · 9780750933704
PhilanthropistsScottish AmericansSteel industry and tradeIndustrialistsBiographyHistoryCarnegie, andrew, 1835-1919Steel industry and trade, united states
