This autobiography of Andrew Carnegie is a very well written and interesting history of one of the most wealthy men in the United states. He was born in Scotland in 1835 and emigrated to America in 1848. Among his many accomplishments and philanthropic works, he was an author, having written, besides this autobiography, Triumphant Democracy (1886; rev. ed. 1893), The Gospel of Wealth, a collection of essays (1900), The Empire of Business (1902), and Problems of To-day (1908)]. Although this autobiography was written in 1919, it was published posthumously in 1920. (Summary by William Tomcho)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Parents and Childhood
32:43 - Chapter 2
Dunfermline and America
23:33 - Chapter 3
Pittsburgh and Work
23:13 - Chapter 4
Colonel Anderson and Books
15:42 - Chapter 5
The Telegraph Office
18:59 - Chapter 6
Railroad Service
35:09 - Chapter 7
Superintendent of the Pennsylvania
27:15 - Chapter 8
Civil War Period
27:09 - Chapter 9
Bridge-Building
25:48 - Chapter 10
The Iron Works
35:06 - Chapter 11
New York as Headquarters
30:59 - Chapter 12
Business Negotiations
23:58 - Chapter 13
The Age of Steel
28:57 - Chapter 14
Partners, Books, and Travel
21:07 - Chapter 15
Coaching Trip and Marriage
16:22 - Chapter 16
Mills and the Men
15:14 - Chapter 17
The Homestead Strike
20:36 - Chapter 18
Problems of Labor
25:17 - Chapter 19
The "Gospel of Wealth"
21:49 - Chapter 20
Educational and Pension Funds
24:34 - Chapter 21
The Peace Palace and Pittencrieff
27:12 - Chapter 22
Matthew Arnold and Others
19:51 - Chapter 23
British Political Leaders
15:31 - Chapter 24
Gladstone and Morley
25:31 - Chapter 25
Herbert Spencer and His Disciple
14:01 - Chapter 26
Blaine and Harrison
15:34 - Chapter 27
Washington Diplomacy
14:01 - Chapter 28
Hay and McKinley
15:07 - Chapter 29
Meeting the German Emperor
11:17