Led the expansion of the US steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history; founded Carnegie Hall and what became Carnegie Mellon University.
1 book of their own · 9 biographies about them
Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and The Gospel of Wealth | – | 2006 | T4 | Mohnish Pabrai |
Two major biographies thirty-six years apart, plus the Homestead strike literature.
Carnegie's rise from a bobbin boy of thirteen to the richest man in the world.
Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, Abi Tyas Tunggal and 2 others
The scholarly life of Carnegie, from Dunfermline and the railroad to steel.
Recommended by: Charlie Munger, Mohnish Pabrai
Charles Schwab's rise from Carnegie's mill to head US Steel, then build Bethlehem.
A Pennsylvania steel town from Carnegie's purchase in 1883 to the 1986 closure.
Documentary history of the strike, assembled from contemporary sources.
Harsher on the gap between Carnegie's preaching and his practice.
Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai
How the Homestead strike turned Carnegie and Frick's partnership into a feud.
Henry Clay Frick: Carnegie's partner, the Homestead Strike and his philanthropy.
Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai
| ANDREW CARNEGIE DIES OF PNEUMONIA IN HIS 84TH YEAR Paywall | The New York Times | 1919 |