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Wall, Joseph Frazier.

Andrew Carnegie / Joseph Frazier Wall.

[2nd ed.].

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©1989.

xiii, 1137 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

This biography of the business tycoon and philanthropist also chronicles the rise of big business in America.

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.

Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.

Industrialists -- United States -- Biography.

Steel industry and trade -- United States.

United States -- Biography.

Biographies.

Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1970.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1049-1117) and index.

Prologue : Dunfermline 1835 -- The inheritance 1740-1835 -- Dunfermline childhood 1835-1848 -- The flitting 1848 -- The charter acquired 1848-1855 -- Mr. Scott's Andy 1853-1859 -- War and profits of war 1860-1865 -- Many eggs, many baskets 1865-1874 -- A basket of iron 1865-1872 -- Bridges and bonds 1868-1872 -- Steel is king 1873-1881 -- Unnatural selection 1878-1887 -- Courtship and marriage 1880-1887 -- The two worlds of Andrew Carnegie 1881-1896 -- Enter Mr. Frick 1881-1892 -- Homestead 1892 -- Mr. Carnegie's empire of business 1892-1900 -- Mr. McKinley's business of empire 1898-1900 -- Exit Mr. Frick 1899-1900 -- The contract closed 1901 -- The gospel of wealth 1899-1901 -- Philanthropy becomes big business 1901-1911 -- The quest for peace 1901-1910 -- Sunshine at Skibo 1901-1914 -- Shadows at Shadowbrook 1914-1919 -- Epilogue : The dead continues 1919-

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