Andrew Carnegie: The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and His Essay Gospel of Wealth

The enlightening memoir of the industrialist as famous for his philanthropy as for his fortune.
ISBN: 9780451530387
Author: Andrew Carnegie
Page: 352
Binding: Soft cover
Publication date: 2006
Format: Book
Publisher: SIGNET
Language: English

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His good friend Mark Twain dubbed him “St. Andrew.” British Prime Minister William Gladstone called him an “example” for the wealthy. Such terms seldom apply to multimillionaires. But Andrew Carnegie was no run-of-the-mill steel magnate. At age 13 and full of dreams, he sailed from his native Dunfermline, Scotland, to America. The story of his success begins with a $1.20-a-week job at a bobbin factory. By the end of his life, he had amassed an unprecedented fortune—and given away more than 90 percent of it for the good of mankind.

Here, for the first time in one volume, are two impressive works by Andrew Carnegie himself: his autobiography and “The Gospel of Wealth,” a groundbreaking manifesto on the duty of the wealthy to give back to society allof their fortunes. And he practiced what he preached, erecting 1,600 libraries across the country, founding Carnegie Mellon University, building Carnegie Hall, and performing countless other acts of philanthropy.

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