jjares reviewed Andrew Carnegie: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of Business Leaders) on + 3278 more book reviews
Knowing just about nothing besides the name and the fact that he donated to many libraries, I learned a great deal about Andrew Carnegie in this publication. I'm glad the author explained the snippet in Carnegie's life that caused him to donate so much money to libraries. Carnegie was a Scotsman who learned to be grateful for whatever was offered to him.
I would have liked to have known why Carnegie did not help his former mentor (Thomas Scott) when the older man was financially hurt by the Panic of 1873. With all of his philanthropy, it surprised me that he would not help this man who had given Carnegie a hand up when he was starting out.
The personal details about Carnegie's life were a bit sparse, I thought. It seemed amusing that a man of Carnegie's stature would avoid marrying until after his mother died since she seemed jealous of anyone else sharing Andrew's life and wealth. This is a very interesting peek into the world of an industrialist baron.
I would have liked to have known why Carnegie did not help his former mentor (Thomas Scott) when the older man was financially hurt by the Panic of 1873. With all of his philanthropy, it surprised me that he would not help this man who had given Carnegie a hand up when he was starting out.
The personal details about Carnegie's life were a bit sparse, I thought. It seemed amusing that a man of Carnegie's stature would avoid marrying until after his mother died since she seemed jealous of anyone else sharing Andrew's life and wealth. This is a very interesting peek into the world of an industrialist baron.
