The great question now was, what could be found for me to do. I had just completed my thirteenth year, and I fairly panted to get to work that I might help the family to a start in the new land. The prospect of want had become to me a frightful nightmare. My thoughts at this period centered in the determination that we should make and save enough of money to produce three hundred dollars a year-twenty-five dollars monthly, which I figured was the sum required to keep us without being dependent upon others. Every necessary thing was very cheap in those days.
The great question now was, what could be found for me to do. I had just completed my thirteenth year, and I fairly panted to get to work that I might...
Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- This is an amazing story of a man who was an incredible human being. Published after his death, Andrew Carnegie shares his thoughts, life experiences, stories, and favorite quotes. People have always associated Carnegie with libraries, rightly so, but he was so much more. He starts out in telegraphs and moves on to railroads and then on to steel and then to being one of the richest men in America. Andrew Carnegie's autobiography starts out strong. His story of his childhood in Scotland, his...
Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- This is an amazing story of a man who was an incredibl...
Here is the enlightening memoir of the industrialist as famous for his philanthropy as for his fortune. This is the autobiography by the richest man of his time, after Rockfeller, who donated most of his fortune to establish schools and universities in many countries. Industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Although he had little formal education, Carnegie grew up in a family that believed in the importance of books and learning. The son of a handloom weaver, Carnegie grew up to become one of the wealthiest businessmen in...
Here is the enlightening memoir of the industrialist as famous for his philanthropy as for his fortune. This is the autobiography by the richest man o...
His good friend Mark Twain dubbed him “St. Andrew.” British Prime Minister William Gladstone called him an “example” for the wealthy. Such terms seldom apply to multimillionaires. But Andrew Carnegie was no run-of-the-mill steel magnate. At age 13 and full of dreams, he sailed from his native Dunfermline, Scotland, to America. The story of his success begins with a $1.20-a-week job at a bobbin factory. By the end of his life, he had amassed an unprecedented fortune—and given away more than 90 percent of it for the good of mankind.
His good friend Mark Twain dubbed him “St. Andrew.” British Prime Minister William Gladstone called him an “example” for th...
