The autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist, written after his retirement. It recounts his life from his early years in Scotland to his career in America, offering his reflections on business, wealth, and giving. Worth listening for a personal view of his time and one man's journey.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW CARNEGIE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS Andrew Carnegie London CONSTABLE & CO. Limited 1920 COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY LOUISE WHITFIELD CARNEGIE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PREFACE AFTER retiring from active business my husband yielded to the earnest solicitations of friends, both here and in Great Britain, and began to jot down from time to time recollections of his early days. He soon found, however, that instead of the leisure he expected, his life was more occupied with affairs than ever before, and the writing of these memoirs was reserved for his play-time in Scotland. For a few weeks each summer we retired to our little
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