Click here to read tavaanas exclusive translation of the gospel of wealth, by andrew carnegie. He was also a prolific author, writing hundreds of speeches, articles, pamphlets, and letters to the editor, as well as seven books, including an autobiography published posthumously in 1920. He was also one of the highest profile philanthropists of his era. Here, in one volume, are two impressive works by andrew carnegie himself. About the gospel of wealth essays and other writings. Carnegie bought skibo castle in scotland, and made his home partly there and partly in new york. Words of wisdom from american philanthropist andrew carnegie focusing on carnegie s most famous essay, the gospel of wealth, this book of his writings, published here together for the first time, demonstrates the late steel magnates beliefs on wealth, poverty, the public good, and capitalism. Wealth, more commonly known as the gospel of wealth, is an article written by andrew carnegie in june of 1889 that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of selfmade rich. Carnegie begins his treatise by identifying what he sees as the most significant problem of modernday times. The scottishborn industrialist and philanthropist andrew carnegie 18351919 was one of the titans of americas gilded age. The autobiography of andrew carnegie is well written, but does not give the reader very much, if any, insight into the part he played in american history. The autobiography of andrew carnegie and the gospel of wealth.
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