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02354aam a2200433 a 4500 001 8AC45062BCF511EAA1925DFC96128E48 003 SILO 005 20200703012203 008 190906s2020 nyuab d 1 0beng 010 $a 2018047429 020 $a 1502648903 020 $a 9781502648907 040 $a DLC $d WiMaMI $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 044 $a nyu 050 00 $a CT 275 C3 $b S35 2020 072 7 $a JNF007020 $2 bisacsh 072 7 $a YAN006030 $2 bisacsh 072 7 $a JNF025200 $2 bisacsh 072 7 $a YAN025200 $2 bisacsh 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Scirri, Kaitlin, $e author. $4 aut 245 10 $a Andrew Carnegie : $b industrialist and philanthropist / $c Kaitlin Scirri. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York, NY : $b Cavendish Square, $c c2020. 300 $a 128 p. : $b col. ill., b&w ill., maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Great American entrepreneurs 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a A new and growing nation -- From rags to riches -- Friends and foes -- Businessman and author -- Responses to Carnegie's career and works -- Carnegie's lasting legacy. 520 $a Industrialist Andrew Carnegie achieved great financial success in the steel industry in nineteenth-century America. An immigrant from Scotland, Carnegie came to America as a boy and worked hard to become one of the wealthiest men in the world. After retiring from the steel industry, he gave his fortune away, believing the wealthy had an obligation to those less fortunate. Students will follow Carnegie's rags-to-riches story, learning about the industrialization of America and Carnegie's most influential works and achievements. They will also learn of Carnegie's business strategies, how he overcame obstacles and criticism, and his philanthropic work that continues through many institutes and organizations today. 600 10 $a Carnegie, Andrew, $d 1835-1919. 650 7 $a Industrialists $v Biography $z United States. $2 sears 650 7 $a Philanthropists $v Biography $z United States. $2 sears 650 7 $a Businessmen $v Biography $z United States. $2 sears 650 7 $a Steel industry $x History $z United States. $2 sears 830 0 $a Great American entrepreneurs. 941 $a 1 952 $l P1AX906 $d 20230620011944.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8AC45062BCF511EAA1925DFC96128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search