The Inside History of the Carnegie Steel Company: A Romance of Millions (Pittsburgh Series in Social and Labor History)
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (837 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0822960958 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Poor digital copy" according to J O Legler. The transfer to Kindle edition was sloppy. Many errors especially with figures and Numbers but also with many words making it hard to follow. "This is the one!!!" according to Charles F. Pierson. This review is very simple. If you're looking at this page, BUY THIS BOOK!!! I am a steel historian and I've had this book for about 7 years. I refer to it at least 2-This is the one!!! This review is very simple. If you're looking at this page, BUY THIS BOOK!!! I am a steel historian and I've had this book for about 7 years. I refer to it at least 2-3 times per month. Even if you're just curious about Carnegie, Frick, Schwab or the other personalities, this is the book for you. If you're interested in the business building aspects, this is the book for you. If you're interested in history at all, buy this book. Without a doubt this is the best book on the Carnegie Steel Company. If you read any book about the steel industry, make sure this is the one.. times per month. Even if you're just curious about Carnegie, Frick, Schwab or the other personalities, this is the book for you. If you're interested in the business building aspects, this is the book for you. If you're interested in history at all, buy this book. Without a doubt this is the best book on the Carnegie Steel Company. If you read any book about the steel industry, make sure this is the one.. David F. Kloman said Relatives Sold Forge to Carnegie. My 190Relatives Sold Forge to Carnegie My 1903 originals have disappeared. Relatives emigrated from Trier southwest Germany mid-1850s to Pittsburgh, manufactured superior railroad axles - small forge came to attention of Wee Andrew, made purchase to Kloman-Carnegie Steel then Carnegie Steel then United States Steel. Stronger than iron, steel replaced railroad tracks, used in construction. Klomans moved to upper peninsula Michigan to mine iron ore.. originals have disappeared. Relatives emigrated from Trier southwest Germany mid-1850s to Pittsburgh, manufactured superior railroad axles - small forge came to attention of Wee Andrew, made purchase to Kloman-Carnegie Steel then Carnegie Steel then United States Steel. Stronger than iron, steel replaced railroad tracks, used in construction. Klomans moved to upper peninsula Michigan to mine iron ore.
In it he recounted the events that led up to the final confrontation between two of America's most powerful capitalists. “For years I have been convinced that there is not an honest bone in your body. P. His book remains a striking insider's narrative of the American steel industry in the last decades of the nineteenth century-as well as the most revealing account of the emotions of some of its major owners.The introduction by John Ingram places the book in perspective for both the historian and general reader.. Not only did it describe the raw emotions of Carnegie and Frick, those most brilliant and uneasy of business partners, it also told of the history and inner workings of the industrial giant, Carnegie Steel.Bridge was an open partisan of Frick, and the portrait of Carnegie that emerges from this book is not flattering. Morgan bought the Carnegie Steel Company and founded United States Steel.Three years later, James Bridge, who had served as Carnegie's personal secretary, published this book. But he was an experienced journalist, and he uses sources carefully. Now I know that you are a god-damned thief,” Henry Clay Frick reportedly told Andrew Carnegie at their last meeting in 1900, j
About the AuthorJames Howard Bridge was a journalist, and personal secretary to Andrew Carnegie.
James Howard Bridge was a journalist, and personal secretary to Andrew Carnegie.