My Review 4/5

Fantastic book that covers the life of Carnegie and that of growing up in the turn of the 18th century.

Favorite parts included the discussion of steel making process and investing only to which one could afford. Carnegie saw several boom-bust cycles and was able to flourish through all times.

‘Put the most selective eggs in one basket and watch them all flourish’. His attention to the craft of steel making and recognizing that vertical integration was key to profits made him a very wealthy man.

He was tough on laborers who did not honor their agreements, but was very fair when time came to negotiate terms.

Date Read

2016/09/25

Date Added

2016/09/12

Goodreads book information

The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13591052

Bookshelves: biography

Author’s Note

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Andrew Carnegie, The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, Antony Ferguson Tantor Media 2012 (Audio CD)1

Significant Revisions

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  • Apr 22nd, 2024 Converted to jekyll markdown format and copied to personal site
  • Sep 25th, 2016 Originally published on goodreads

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  1. ISBN: =”1452607451” ↩