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  • Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

    by Andrew Carnegie ...
    The autobiography begins with Carnegie's early life in Scotland, where he was born in 1835. He describes his family's modest circumstances and the impact of his father's weaving business on their livelihood. The narrative highlights the family's emigration to the United States when Carnegie was a child, seeking better opportunities. He recounts his experiences in Pittsburgh, where he worked ... Read more

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  • Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

    by Andrew Carnegie ...
    The Gilded Age and the dawn of the 20th century are often remembered as an era full of monopolies, trusts, and economic giants in heavy industries like oil and steel. Men like John Rockefeller built empires and financiers like J.P. Morgan merged and consolidated them. The era also made names like Astor, Cooke, and Vanderbilt instantly recognizable across the globe. Over time, the unfathomable ... Read more

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    The Gospel of Wealth

    by Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Carnegie ...
    Narrated by Michele Fry ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 15 min

    What is the proper mode of administering great wealth? It is to address this question that steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie's famous essay "Wealth", or more commonly known as "The Gospel of Wealth" was written (in 1889). His answer – Philanthropy. Not just any philanthropy, but specifically, projects funded and overseen during the life of the magnate, for things that benefit the community and engage ... Read more

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  • The Gospel of Wealth: Insights into Prosperity and Philanthropy

    by Andrew Carnegie ...
    The Gospel of Wealth by Andrew Carnegie: Delve into the realm of philanthropy and social responsibility with Andrew Carnegie's "The Gospel of Wealth." This essay advocates for the responsible use of wealth to benefit society, emphasizing the moral duty of wealthy individuals to contribute to the common good. Carnegie's ideas laid the groundwork for modern philanthropic principles.Why This Book? ... Read more

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  • The Gospel of Wealth (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Gilded Age Treatise on Wealth, Philanthropy, Capitalism, and Social Responsibility

    by Andrew Carnegie, Daphne Ulwick ...
    Andrew Carnegie's The Gospel of Wealth is a seminal statement of Gilded Age social philosophy, arguing that great private fortunes carry a moral obligation to serve the public good. Written in a clear, forceful, and aphoristic prose style, the work blends economic liberalism, Protestant-inflected ethics, and Victorian confidence in progress. Carnegie rejects both indiscriminate charity and ... Read more

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    The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and The Gospel of Wealth

    by Andrew Carnegie, David Rintoul ...
    Narrated by David Rintoul ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 28 min

    A leading industrialist of the 19th and 20th centuries, Andrew Carnegie was one of America’s most successful and generous businessmen. The Autobiography tells of his rise to power, from humble beginnings in Scotland to controlling the biggest steel empire in the history of the United States. Carnegie lays down the blueprint for success, with an abundance of inspiring life lessons, while also ... Read more

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  • The Gospel of Wealth

    Enriched edition. A Call to Action for Responsible Wealth Distribution

    by Andrew Carnegie, Zachary Henson ...
    Andrew Carnegie's "The Gospel of Wealth" is a profound exploration of the responsibilities of the affluent in society, advocating for philanthropy as a moral obligation. Written during the Gilded Age, Carnegie's work uses a persuasive and didactic style to argue that the wealthy should actively contribute to the betterment of society. He eloquently proposes that surplus wealth is best utilized ... Read more

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    The Gospel of Wealth

    by Andrew Carnegie ...
    Narrated by Douglas Harvey ...

    Unabridged

    39 min

    Andrew Carnegie, an immigrant from Dunfermline, Scotland with only a grammar-school education, amassed a fortune in the steel industry the 1800’s to become the richest American in history. Yet Carnegie believed strongly that the wealthy should live modestly, without ostentation, and devote their energies after achieving wealth to finding ways to invest their “surplus wealth” in ways that benefit ... Read more

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  • Little Visits with Great Americans

    Intimate Portraits of Progressive Era Leaders in Industry, Reform, Science, Arts, and Public Service

    by Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Alva Edison, Hiram Stevens Maxim, Hazen S. Pingree, Marshall Field, John Wanamaker, Sir Thomas Lipton, Darius Ogden Mills, Russell Sage, Lyman Judson Gage, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Robert C. Clowry, Herbert H. Vreeland, Samuel Gompers, Nelson A. Miles, Joseph H. Choate, Chauncey M. Depew, Jonathan P. Dolliver, Thomas C. Platt, Tom L. Johnson, Jacob Gould Schurman, James Whitcomb Riley, Edwin Markham, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, William Dean Howells, General Lew Wallace, Edwin Austin Abbey, Alice Barber Stephens, Frederic Remington, Homer Davenport, Charles Dana Gibson, Frederick Burr Opper, F. Wellington Ruckstuhl, Henry Merwin Shrady, Marshall P. Wilder, John Philip Sousa, Helen Keller, John Burroughs, Helen Miller Gould, Nathan Strauss, Russell H. Conwell, Frank W. Gunsaulus, Robert Collyer, Robert Laird Borden, Goldwin Smith, S. N. Parent, Andrew G. Blair, James Loudon, Sir William C. Van Horne, Samuel Jones, Philip D. Armour, John B. Herreshoff, Lillian Nordica ...
    Little Visits with Great Americans assembles a revealing cross-section of public speech, reminiscence, interview, reflection, and visual culture from the United States and Canada at the turn of the twentieth century. Its governing theme is civic eminence: industrial expansion, democratic leadership, artistic achievement, social reform, technological invention, and moral aspiration appear as ... Read more

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  • Little Visits with Great Americans: Anecdotes, Life Lessons and Interviews

    by Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Alva Edison, Hiram Stevens Maxim, Hazen S. Pingree, Marshall Field, John Wanamaker, Sir Thomas Lipton, Darius Ogden Mills, Russell Sage, Lyman Judson Gage, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Robert C. Clowry, Herbert H. Vreeland, Samuel Gompers, Nelson A. Miles, Joseph H. Choate, Chauncey M. Depew, Jonathan P. Dolliver, Thomas C. Platt, Tom L. Johnson, Jacob Gould Schurman, James Whitcomb Riley, Edwin Markham, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, William Dean Howells, General Lew Wallace, Edwin Austin Abbey, Alice Barber Stephens, Frederic Remington, Homer Davenport, Charles Dana Gibson, Frederick Burr Opper, F. Wellington Ruckstuhl, Henry Merwin Shrady, Marshall P. Wilder, John Philip Sousa, Helen Keller, John Burroughs, Helen Miller Gould, Nathan Strauss, Russell H. Conwell, Frank W. Gunsaulus, Robert Collyer, Robert Laird Borden, Goldwin Smith, S. N. Parent, Andrew G. Blair, James Loudon, Sir William C. Van Horne, Samuel Jones, Philip D. Armour, John B. Herreshoff, Lillian Nordica ...
    In 'Little Visits with Great Americans: Anecdotes, Life Lessons and Interviews,' the compilation manifests a scholarly exploration into the lives, ideologies, and accomplishments of some of the late 19th and early 20th century's most influential American figures. The anthology spans a rich array of literary styles, from intimate interviews to reflective essays and lively anecdotes, embodying the ... Read more

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  • The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings

    by Andrew Carnegie ...
    Words of wisdom from American philanthropist Andrew CarnegieFocusing on Carnegie's most famous essay, "The Gospel of Wealth," this book of his writings, published here together for the first time, demonstrates the late steel magnate's beliefs on wealth, poverty, the public good, and capitalism. Carnegie's commitment to ensuring and promoting the welfare of his fellow human beings through ... Read more

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  • The Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays

    by Andrew Carnegie ...
    Renowned steel magnate and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, immigrated to America from Scotland as a boy in 1848, and at the age of thirteen began his first job as a bobbin boy, earning 1.20 a week. By the 1870s, the successful entrepreneur had founded the Carnegie Steel Company, later U.S. Steel, which would eventually establish Carnegie as the second wealthiest man in history, after John D. ... Read more

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