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Pub. Date
1986.
Edition
Northeastern University Press edition.
Language
English
Description
A critically acclaimed autobiography by one of America's greatest philanthropists Scottish immigrant Andrew Carnegie worked his way up from bobbin boy to telegraph operator to railroad man, learning key lessons along the way that would eventually lead to his unparalleled success in the steel business. Documenting a world of tariffs, insider deals, and Wall Street sharks, The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie opens a window into the great industrialist's...
Author
Pub. Date
1901.
Language
English
Description
Renowned steel magnate and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, immigrated to America from Scotland as a boy in 1848, and at the age of thirteen began his first job as a bobbin boy, earning $1.20 a week. By the 1870s, the successful entrepreneur had founded the Carnegie Steel Company, later U.S. Steel, which would eventually establish Carnegie as the second wealthiest man in history, after John D. Rockefeller. He published "The Gospel of Wealth" in 1889...
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Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in her pockets. But the other woman with the same name has vanished, and pretending to be her just might get Clara some money to send back home. If she can keep up the ruse, that is. Serving as a lady's maid in the household of Andrew Carnegie...
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English
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THE GREATEST SUCCESS CLASSIC OF ALL TIME -- ORIGINAL CLASSIC EDITON! Featuring a new introduction from the PEN Award-Winning author Mitch Horowitz Think and Grow Rich is the number-one inspirational and motivational classic for individuals who are interested in furthering their lives and reaching their goals by learning from important figures in history. The text is the original 1937 edition written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by Andrew Carnegie,...
10) Andrew Carnegie
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The definitive account of the life of Andrew Carnegie Celebrated historian David Nasaw, whom The New York Times Book Review has called "a meticulous researcher and a cool analyst," brings new life to the story of one of America's most famous and successful businessmen and philanthropists-in what will prove to be the biography of the season. Born of modest origins in Scotland in 1835, Andrew Carnegie is best known as the founder of Carnegie Steel....
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
From one of America's foremost business historians, a penetrating and engaging look at the qualities that create great entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs, even more than inventors, are essential to American business. While inventors produce ideas, entrepreneurs get things done, build the markets, make ideas reality. But, what creative talents do the legendary American entrepreneurs share, and what can you learn from them about business success?
Using lively...
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Series
Autoayuda) volume 132
Language
Español
Description
Es así de sencillo: la riqueza y la realización personal están al alcance de todas aquellas personas que lo deseen; basta simplemente con desvelar un secreto, el secreto del éxito. Hill aprendió este secreto y lo sistematizó para hacerlo accesible a todo el mundo. Así, Piense y hágase rico es una obra diseñada para arrastrar al triunfo, entendido no sólo como triunfo económico, sino, sobre todo, como logro de esta íntima satisfacción...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen.
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