(P/B) THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW CARNEGIE AND THE GOSPEL OF WEALTH

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The enlightening memoir of the industrialist as famous for his philanthropy as for his fortune.
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 all of 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 because, as Carnegie wrote, "The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced."
With an Introduction by Gordon Hutner. (From the publisher)

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Introduction
I. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW CARNEGIE
Preface
Editor's Note
1. Parents and Childhood
2. Dunfermline and America
3. Pittsburgh and Work
4. Colonel Anderson and Books
5. The Telegraph Office
6. Railroad Service
7. Superintendent of the Pennsylvania
8. Civil War Period
9. Bridge-Building
10. The Iron Works
11. New York as Headquarters
12. Business Negotiations
13. The Age of Steel
14. Partners, Books, and Travel
15. Coaching Trip and Marriage
16. Mills and the Men
17. The Homestead Strike
18. Problems of Labor
19. The "Gospel of Wealth"
20. Educational and Pension Funds
21. The Peace Palace and Pittencrieff
22. Matthew Arnold and Others
23. British Political Leaders
24. Gladstone and Morley
25. Herbert Spencer and His Disciple
26. Elaine and Harrison
27. Washington Diplomacy
28. Hay and McKinley
29. Meeting the German Emperor
II. THE GOSPEL OF WEALTH