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The Andrew Carnegie Reader (Pittsburgh Series in Social and Labor History) - Softcover

Carnegie, Andrew

 
9780822954644: The Andrew Carnegie Reader (Pittsburgh Series in Social and Labor History)

Synopsis

The first anthology to bring together a representative selection of Carnegie's writings which show him as a shrewd businessman, celebrated philanthropist, champion of democracy, and eternal optimist. Carnegie's first letter to the editor at the age of seventeen was the beginning of a lifelong attempt to satisfy an insatiable journalistic desire. Always voluble and candid, Carnegie was as active with his pen as with his tongue.

Although most of the selections were penned for an audience now long gone, today's reader will be intrigued by the pertinence and timelessness of Carnegie's hopes for world peace, his views on labor, and his concern for better race relations in America.

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About the Author

Joseph Frazier Wall is professor emeritus of history at Grinell College in Iowa.

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