Category: Adults, Autobiography & Biographies, Classic, History
Language: EnglishKeywords: Business Philanthropists Sociology
Written by Andrew Carnegie
Read by Antony Ferguson
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Release date: May 17, 2012
Duration: 11:36:16
Andrew Carnegie was an immigrant, a poor boy who worked in a cotton mill, a man who amassed a great fortune as a steel baron and then became one of the most generous and influential philanthropists the world has ever known.
His famous dictum, that he who dies rich dies disgraced, has inspired philanthropists and philanthropic enterprises for generations. During his own lifetime, he put his ideas into action by creating a family of organizations that continue to work toward improving the human condition, advancing international peace, strengthening democracy, and creating societal progress that benefits men, women, and children in the United States and around the globe.
Here, in his own words, Mr. Carnegie tells the dramatic story of his life and career, outlining the principles that he lived by and that today serve as the pillars of modern philanthropy.
Many of us have benefited from Mr. Carnegie; his free libraries brought the gift of books and reading to many, and still do. Some of the libraries are still in use. I worked in a Carnegie library
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Release date: May 17, 2012
Duration: 11:36:16
Andrew Carnegie was an immigrant, a poor boy who worked in a cotton mill, a man who amassed a great fortune as a steel baron and then became one of the most generous and influential philanthropists the world has ever known.
His famous dictum, that he who dies rich dies disgraced, has inspired philanthropists and philanthropic enterprises for generations. During his own lifetime, he put his ideas into action by creating a family of organizations that continue to work toward improving the human condition, advancing international peace, strengthening democracy, and creating societal progress that benefits men, women, and children in the United States and around the globe.
Here, in his own words, Mr. Carnegie tells the dramatic story of his life and career, outlining the principles that he lived by and that today serve as the pillars of modern philanthropy.
Many of us have benefited from Mr. Carnegie; his free libraries brought the gift of books and reading to many, and still do. Some of the libraries are still in use. I worked in a Carnegie library