Andrew Carnegie
by David Nasaw
The definitive Carnegie: the Scottish immigrant boy, the telegraph office, steel, Homestead, the sale to Morgan, and the libraries. Nasaw is clear-eyed about the contradictions between the gospel of wealth and the labour record.
Read it if…
you want Carnegie whole, including Homestead.
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Skip it if…
you want the short autobiography.
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Three things you will actually use
- Self-education built him.
- Wealth is a trust, he said; judge whether he lived it.
- Sell at the top and give it away.
Do this first
Read the chapters on Homestead.
Our verdict
Carnegie, whole.
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