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- Edition:
- Unabridged (Gildan Media)
- Length:
- 32 hours, 41 minutes
- File Size:
- 897 MB (35 files)
- Published:
- October 2007
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Summary
The Scottish-born son of a failed weaver and a mother who supported the family by binding shoes, Andrew Carnegie was the embodiment of the American dream. In his rise from a job as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory to being the richest man in the world, he was single-minded, relentless, and a major player in some of the most violent and notorious labor strikes of the time. The prototype of today's billionaire, he was a visionary in the way he earned his money and in the way he gave it away.
Nasaw explains how Carnegie made his fortune and how he tried to pull the world back from a war he predicted. Brimming with new material, personal letters, diaries, prenuptial agreements, letters to and from presidents and prime ministers, Nasaw plumbs the core of this fascinating man, fixing him in his place as one of the most compelling, elusive, and multifaceted personalities of the 20th century.
Quotes from the Critics
"Nasaw paints an endearing portrait of an ebullient, optimistic charmer who won the devotion of virtually everyone who knew him personally with his wide-ranging intelligence, his sense of humor, his unwavering loyalty, his thoughtfulness and generosity." - Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.)
"[A] marvelous window onto both the man and his world....Mr. Nasaw tells this tale extremely well....I expect it will be the definitive work on Carnegie for the foreseeable future, and it fully deserves to be." - New York Times
"The great strength of this immense biography is the way in which David Nasaw causes these tributaries--capitalism, radicalism, and educational aspiration--to converge like the three rivers (the Allegheny, the Ohio, and the Monongahela) whose confluence makes the site of Pittsburgh possible." - Atlantic Monthly
"Nasaw's Carnegie is a man of enthusiasms, and the author captures his ebullience in limpid prose, making his biography a delight to read." - Nation
"[E]xhaustively researched and clearly written. [P]acked with detail that often fascinates but sometimes fatigues....For all his ruling-class narcissism, [Carnegie] comes across in Nasaw's pages as a fascinating and ultimately likeable figure." - New Republic
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