TY - BOOK AU - Carnegie, Andrew. TI - The autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and his essay "The gospel of wealth" SN - 9780451530387 U1 - 338.767CAR PY - 2014/// CY - Mineola PB - Dover Publications KW - Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - A native of Scotland, Andrew Carnegie emigrated to Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in his youth and through voracious reading and personal initiative became one of the richest men in American history. His autobiography recounts the real-life, rags-to-riches tale of an immigrant's rise from telegrapher's clerk to captain of industry and steel magnate. One of the earliest memoirs of an American capitalist, The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie appeared shortly after the 84-year-old author's death in 1919 ER -