Andrew Carnegie

  • Andrew Carnegie
    By David Nasaw

    Stowe, William W. Going Abroad European Travelin Nineteenth-Century American Culture. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. Strouse, JEAN. Morgan: American Financier. New York: Random House, 1999. TARR, Joel A. “Infrastructure ...

  • Andrew Carnegie
    By Joseph Frazier Wall

    See Agnes Mure Mackenzie, The Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1957; W. T. Barr, For a Web Begun, Edinburgh, 1947, 18f; J. M. Webster, Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, 1948. . In the 1831 census Dunfermline's population was 10,625; ...

  • Andrew Carnegie
    By David Nasaw

    Chronicles the life of the iconic business titan from his modest upbringing in mid-1800s Scotland through his rise to one of the world's richest men, offering insight into his work as a peace advocate and his motivations for giving away ...

  • Andrew Carnegie: Little Boss
    By James Mackay

    In 1847 Overholt's daughter Elizabeth married ahandsome but penniless young farmer named John Frick. ... their names to the company whichwas duly incorporated underthe name of the Henry C.Frick Coke Company of Broadford, Pennsylvania.

  • Andrew Carnegie
    By Joseph Frazier Wall

    See AC's letters to Thomas Leighton and John Scott, both dated 29 June 1878, Letterbook, 1878–79, ACUSC. See E. E. Moore, op. cit. AC to J. H. Linville, 26 April 1877, Letterbook, 1877, ACUSC. ... Alexander J. Holley to William Coleman, ...

  • Andrew Carnegie
    By Sarah De Capua

    Readers will be introduced to Andrew Carnegie and his rise from impoverished immigrant to one of the world's wealthiest industrialists.

  • Andrew Carnegie: An Economic Biography
    By Samuel Bostaph

    Andrew Carnegie was a leading industrialist who used his fortune to create a legacy of philanthropy and peace advocacy. This biography examines his rise from a poverty-stricken childhood to a position of international leadership.

  • Andrew Carnegie: Industrial Philanthropist
    By Laura Bufano Edge

    Chronicles the rags-to-riches tale of a Scottish immigrant who used most of the millions he earned as a steel tycoon to set up a fund for the advancement of science, education, and peace.

  • Andrew Carnegie: Captain of Industry
    By Dana Meachen Rau

    Discusses the life of the self-made millionaire who made his fortune in the steel industry and is remembered for his generous donations that built libraries, universities, and research facilities.

  • Andrew Carnegie
    By Sarah De Capua

    Readers will be introduced to Andrew Carnegie and his rise from impoverished immigrant to one of the world's wealthiest industrialists.

  • Andrew Carnegie: Industrialist and Philanthropist
    By Zachary A. Kent

    Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish immigrant who rose from humble roots to become one of the most powerful and wealthy businessmen in the United States, with a steel empire that dwarfed all its competitors.

  • Andrew Carnegie: Industrialist and Philanthropist
    By Zachary A. Kent

    Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish immigrant who rose from humble roots to become one of the most powerful and wealthy businessmen in the United States, with a steel empire that dwarfed all its competitors.

  • Andrew Carnegie: An Economic Biography
    By Samuel Bostaph

    This biography of Andrew Carnegie emphasizes the economic dimension of his career in industry.

  • Andrew Carnegie: Industrial Giant and Philanthropist
    By Scott Gillam

    Examines the life and career of Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish immigrant who made his fortune in the steel industry and used much of it for philanthropic causes.

  • Andrew Carnegie: Robber Baron as American Hero
    By James Thomas Baker

    Andrew Carnegie, a destitute immigrant who became the richest man of his time, helped create "the American mind" by personifying the rags-to-riches story that was the American ideal in the...

  • Andrew Carnegie: Industrialist and Philanthropist
    By Kaitlin Scirri

    ... American Destiny Narrative of a Nation Volume I to 1877. New York: Pearson Longman, 2006. ———. American Destiny Narrative of a Nation Volume II Since 1865. New York: Pearson Longman, 2006. “Consumer Price Index (Estimate) 1800.” Federal ...