The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

by Carnegie, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781610390828
• ISBN10: 1610390822
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-28
• Publisher: PublicAffairs

Summary

Andrew Carnegie was an immigrant, a poor boy who worked in a cotton mill, a man who amassed a great fortune as a steel baron and then became one of the most generous and influential philanthropists the world has ever known. His famous dictum, that he who dies rich dies disgraced, has inspired philanthropists and philanthropic enterprises for generations. During his own lifetime, he put his ideas into action by creating a family of organizations that continue to work toward improving the human condition, advancing international peace, strengthening democracy, and creating societal progress that benefits men, women, and children in the United States and around the globe. Now, to mark its centennial, Carnegie Corporation of New York, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1911, has partnered with PublicAffairs to reissue The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, with an introduction by the Corporation's president Vartan Gregorian. Here, in his own words, Mr. Carnegie tells the dramatic story of his life and career, outlining the principles that he lived by and that today serve as the pillars of modern philanthropy.

Author Biography

Andrew Carnegie was a nineteenth-century steel tycoon who became one of the twentieth century's most famous philanthropists. His life story is a rags-to-riches account matched by few in United States history. After his retirement he became a philanthropist who donated hundreds of millions of dollars and created more than 20 organizations dedicated to improving the human condition. He also created Carnegie Corporation of New York, endowing it with the largest single philanthropic trust ever established up to that time in order to support benefactions after his death. He died in 1919 at Shadowbrook, his estate in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Parents and Childhood	p. l
Dunfermline and America	p. 20
Pittsburgh and Work	p. 32
Colonel Anderson and Books	p. 45
The Telegraph Office	p. 54
Railroad Service	p. 65
Superintendent of the Pennsylvania	p. 84
Civil War Period	p. 99
Bridge-Building	p. 115
The Iron Works	p. 130
New York as Headquarters	p. 149
Business Negotiations	p. 167
The Age of Steel	p. 181
Partners, Books, and Travel	p. 198
Coaching Trip and Marriage	p. 210
Mills and the Men	p. 220
The Homestead Strike	p. 228
Problems of Labor	p. 240
The ôGospel of Wealthö	p. 255
Educational and Pension Funds	p. 268
The Peace Palace and Pittencrieff	p. 282
Matthew Arnold and Others	p. 298
British Political Leaders	p. 309
Gladstone and Morley	p. 318
Herbert Spencer and his Disciple	p. 333
Blaine and Harrison	p. 341
Washington Diplomacy	p. 350
Hay and Mckinley	p. 358
Meeting The German Emperor	p. 366
Bibliography	p. 373
Index	p. 377
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