Carnegie /
Krass, Peter.
Carnegie / Peter Krass. - New York : John Wiley & Sons, c2002. - xi, 612 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 583-586) and index.
Flesh and blood -- Odyssey to America -- $1.20 a week -- The Scotch Devil -- Tree of knowledge -- Blood money and black gold -- An iron coup -- Many hands, many cookie jars -- Bridges to glory -- Epiphany of legend -- Template for domination -- Rekindling the flame -- War against the steel aristocracy -- An attack on Britain -- Bleeding hearts and bleeding newspapers -- Patronizing the peasants -- The pale horse and the gray dress -- Gospel of conscience -- Rewards from the Harrison presidency -- Prelude to homestead -- The Homestead tragedy -- The great Armor scandal -- Seeking a measure of peace -- Illegal rebates and a fight with Rockefeller -- A point of disruption and transition -- The crusades -- UnCivil war -- The world's richest man -- Tainted seeds -- Human frailty -- The peace mission begins -- The metamorphosis of Andrew Carnegie -- Covert deal with Taft -- The last great benefaction -- House of cards -- The war to end all wars.
0471386308 (alk. paper)
2002010162
GBA2-67398
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.
Industrialists--United States--Biography.
Philanthropists--United States--Biography.
Steel industry and trade--History.--United States
CT 275.C3 / K73 2002
Carnegie / Peter Krass. - New York : John Wiley & Sons, c2002. - xi, 612 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 583-586) and index.
Flesh and blood -- Odyssey to America -- $1.20 a week -- The Scotch Devil -- Tree of knowledge -- Blood money and black gold -- An iron coup -- Many hands, many cookie jars -- Bridges to glory -- Epiphany of legend -- Template for domination -- Rekindling the flame -- War against the steel aristocracy -- An attack on Britain -- Bleeding hearts and bleeding newspapers -- Patronizing the peasants -- The pale horse and the gray dress -- Gospel of conscience -- Rewards from the Harrison presidency -- Prelude to homestead -- The Homestead tragedy -- The great Armor scandal -- Seeking a measure of peace -- Illegal rebates and a fight with Rockefeller -- A point of disruption and transition -- The crusades -- UnCivil war -- The world's richest man -- Tainted seeds -- Human frailty -- The peace mission begins -- The metamorphosis of Andrew Carnegie -- Covert deal with Taft -- The last great benefaction -- House of cards -- The war to end all wars.
0471386308 (alk. paper)
2002010162
GBA2-67398
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.
Industrialists--United States--Biography.
Philanthropists--United States--Biography.
Steel industry and trade--History.--United States
CT 275.C3 / K73 2002