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Edge, Laura B. , Edge, Laura B.

Andrew Carnegie: Industrial Philanthropist

128 pp. | Lerner | September, 2003 | Library ISBN 0-8225-4965-4 $$25.26
(3) YA Lerner Biographies series. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, the book charts Carnegie's rise from an ignoble childhood spent working in a cotton mill and as a messenger boy to his glory days as railway and steel mogul. The clear text also addresses the contradictory aspects of Carnegie's psyche, acknowledging both his ruthlessness in business and his philanthropy to schools and libraries. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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