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The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and the Gospel of Wealth / (Record no. 615492)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780451530387 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.767209 |
| Item number | CAR |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Carnegie, Andrew |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and the Gospel of Wealth / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Carnegie, Andrew |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Penguin, |
| Year of publication | 2006 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 356 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The enlightening memoir of the industrialist as famous for his philanthropy as for his fortune. His good friend Mark Twain dubbed him âSt. Andrew.â British Prime Minister William Gladstone called him an âexampleâ for the wealthy. Such terms seldom apply to multimillionaires. But Andrew Carnegie was no run-of-the-mill steel magnate. At age 13 and full of dreams, he sailed from his native Dunfermline, Scotland, to America. The story of his success begins with a |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Biography & Autobiography |
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| Koha item type | English Books |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| -- | .20-a-week job at a bobbin factory. By the end of his life, he had amassed an unprecedented fortuneâand given away more than 90 percent of it for the good of mankind. Here, for the first time in one volume, are two impressive works by Andrew Carnegie himself: his autobiography and âThe Gospel of Wealth,â a groundbreaking manifesto on the duty of the wealthy to give back to society all of their fortunes. And he practiced what he preached, erecting 1,600 libraries across the country, founding Carnegie Mellon University, building Carnegie Hall, and performing countless other acts of philanthropy because, as Carnegie wrote, âThe man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.â With an Introduction by Gordon Hutner |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 4TH FLOOR, A WING | 25.02.2026 | 338.767209 CAR | 497420 | 25.02.2026 | English Books |