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GoodA book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Binding
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Hardcover
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2 lbs
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Product Group
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Book
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IsTextBook
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No
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ISBN
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9781594201042
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Book Title
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Andrew Carnegie
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Publisher
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Penguin Publishing Group
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9.5 in
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Publication Year
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2006
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Format
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Hardcover
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Language
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English
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Illustrator
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Yes
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1.8 in
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Genre
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Biography & Autobiography
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Topic
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Political, Business
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Item Weight
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45.4 Oz
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6.4 in
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Number of Pages
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896 Pages
Andrew Carnegie by David Nasaw
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1594201048
ISBN-13
9781594201042
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52752930
Product Key Features
Book Title
Andrew Carnegie
Number of Pages
896 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Political, Business
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.8 in
Item Weight
45.4 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-044840
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
338.7
Synopsis
Celebrated historian Nasaw, author of “The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst,” brings new life to the story of one of Americas most famous and successful businessmen and philanthropists, deftly placing Carnegies life in a cultural and political context., Majestically told and based on materials not available to any previous biographer, the definitive life of Andrew Carnegie-one of American business’s most iconic and elusive titans-by the bestselling author of The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst.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. His rags to riches story has never been told as dramatically and vividly as in Nasaw’s new biography. Carnegie, the son of an impoverished linen weaver, moved to Pittsburgh at the age of thirteen. The embodiment of the American dream, he pulled himself up from bobbin boy in a cotton factory to become the richest man in the world. He spent the rest of his life giving away the fortune he had accumulated and crusading for international peace. For all that he accomplished and came to represent to the American public-a wildly successful businessman and capitalist, a self-educated writer, peace activist, philanthropist, man of letters, lover of culture, and unabashed enthusiast for American democracy and capitalism-Carnegie has remained, to this day, an enigma.Nasaw explains how Carnegie made his early fortune and what prompted him to give it all away, how he was drawn into the campaign first against American involvement in the Spanish-American War and then for international peace, and how he used his friendships with presidents and prime ministers to try to pull the world back from the brink of disaster.With a trove of new material-unpublished chapters of Carnegie’s Autobiography; personal letters between Carnegie and his future wife, Louise, and other family members; his prenuptial agreement; diaries of family and close friends; his applications for citizenship; his extensive correspondence with Henry Clay Frick; and dozens of private letters to and from presidents Grant, Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, and British prime ministers Gladstone and Balfour, as well as friends Herbert Spencer, Matthew Arnold, and Mark Twain-Nasaw brilliantly plumbs the core of this facinating and complex man, deftly placing his life in cultural and political context as only a master storyteller can., Celebrated historian David Nasaw brings new life to the story of one of America’s most famous and successful businessmen and philanthropists.
LC Classification Number
CT275.C3N37 2006
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