Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface*; Editor's Note; Chapter 1; Parents and Childhood; Chapter 2; Dunfermline and America; Chapter 3; Pittsburgh and Work; Chapter 4; Colonel Anderson and Books; Chapter 5; The Telegraph Office; Chapter 6; Railroad Service; Chapter 7; Superintendent of the Pennsylvania; Chapter 8; Civil War Period; Chapter 9; Bridge-Building; Chapter 10; The Iron Works; Chapter 11; New York as Headquarters; Chapter 12; Business Negotiations; Chapter 13; The Age of Steel; Chapter 14; Partners, Books, and Travel; Chapter 15; Coaching Trip and Marriage; Chapter 16

Parents and childhood -- Dunfermline and America -- Pittsburg and work -- The telegraph office -- Railroad service -- Superintendent of the Pennsylvania -- Civil war period -- Bridge-building -- The iron works -- New York as headquarters -- Business negotiations -- The age of steel -- Partners, books, and travel -- Coaching trip and marriage -- Mills and the men -- The homestead strike -- Problems of labor -- The "gospel of wealth" -- Educational and pension funds -- The peace palace and Pittencrieff -- Matthew Arnold and others -- British political leaders -- Gladstone and Morley -- Herbert Spencer and his disciple -- Blaine and Harrison -- Washington diplomacy -- Hay and McKinley -- Meeting the German emperor

Of the many 'rags to riches' stories in US history, Andrew Carnegie's is one of the most fascinating. After immigrating from Scotland when he was a child, he worked his way up through a telegraph company, and with sheer determination and hard work, his investments in the railroads and steel made him one of the richest man in the world. This story wouldn't be so interesting if he'd died with all of his loot: before he kicked the bucket he had given away 90% of his money. His philanthropy funded thousands of libraries, music halls and parks that were free to the public. Super-rich computer mogu

The industrialist, businessman, and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919) established a gospel of wealth that can be neither ignored nor forgotten, and set a pace in distribution that succeeding millionaires have followed as a precedent. In the course of his career he became a nation-builder, a leader in thought, a writer, a speaker, the friend of workmen, schoolmen, and statesmen, the associate of both the lowly and the lofty. But these were merely interesting happenings in