Your Coach in a Box: Andrew Carnegie (Audiobook)

from busterrll

A well written, well researched book spanning Andrew Carnegie's entire life. Had read about the Homestead problem and about his gift of public libraries, but book went far beyond those two areas. Although long, the book covered apparently all facets of his life. Carnegie claimed to be a friend of...

from EricCostello

Pretty sharp biography of the ironmaster-turned-philanthropist. The author does a pretty good job of showing that Carnegie's previous tales about his life often were exaggerated, or omitted key details. Nasaw does a good job as well at showing that Carnegie could be a windy, two-faced, manipulati...

from ibkennedy

Outstanding writing and story telling and a remarkable person

from santhony

How to describe Andrew Carnegie? Certainly he would have to be one of the most fortunate individuals to have ever been born. Son of a hardscrabble weaver from a small hamlet near Edinburgh, Scotland, Carnegie and family immigrated to Pennsylvania whan he was a young man. Perhaps never before in h...

from chriszodrow

Nasaw took on a difficult personality for a book. He struggles to maintain the humanity of Carnagie in the face of numerous displays of indifference towards others' suffering. Nasaw's subject gets away from him. This is the story of the American hyper-rich and price others paid on their behalf. I...