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<p>“Andrew Carnegie is the only American entrepreneur who could have won distinction as an author, even if he had never seen a steel mill,” writes Joseph Frazier Wall. A skillful and prolific writer, Andrew Carnegie published sixty three articles in major magazines of his time, such as <i>The North American Review,</i> and eight books. Although he is best remembered today for the radical philosophy expressed in the title essay of his book <i>The Gospel of Wealth</i>, his other writings are readable and provocative.</p> <p><i>The Andrew Carnegie Reader</i> is the first anthology to bring together in a single volume a representative selection of Carnegie’s writings which show him as a shrewd businessman, celebrated philanthropist, champion of democracy, and eternal optimist. Carnegie’s first letter to the editor at the age of seventeen was the beginning of a lifelong attempt to satisfy an insatiable journalistic desire. Always voluble and candid, Carnegie was as active with his pen as with his tongue.</p> <p>This intriguing collection covers sixty years of the industrial giant’s life, from his letters to his cousin George Lauder, written in 1853, to the final chapter od his autobiogr

Author

and with an introduction by Joseph Frazier Wall

Publisher

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780822954644

Subjects

Economics, History, Biography

Updated

2026-03-24