Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America

Finished Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America by Les Standiford. A solid 4 start read that It was a book that focuses on the relationship and lack thereof between these two industrial leaders. The book discusses the similarities and the inherent differences and approaches of these two men.
The focus of course it the breakdown of the relationship following the Homestead Strike and the means that Henry Frick took in settling the strike and in the differences in approach both these men believed in. Frick wanting to take on the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and remove them from any association with Carnegie Steel and Andrew Carnegie who wanted the same show more results but by breaking the union, but rather than shutting down the plant until they gave in.
While the book briefly covers the youth and development of both men, there is nothing new in the historiography here. The material covered is not new but in the focusing on their relationship provides a interesting and meaningful additional to the history of Carnegie Steel, Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, and the creation and eventually destruction of what was largely a beneficial business relationship.
I have read a few biographies on Andrew Carnegie but that is a nice short and enjoyable read on a focused subject which I have no problem recommending. show less

An informative and interesting look at one aspect of this partnership between two very similar, yet different individuals. There were only a few small points where I began to feel a slant by the other one way or another, overall it remained a factual, non-biased journey into that period of time. I had not read anything by Les Standiford before, but enjoying his flow I will now.

Andrew Carnegie, you complicated figure. Inspired to read because of History channel's Men Who Built America series. I appreciate that the author strove for a balanced account of the events of Homestead and Carnegie and Frick's partnership, more so than the TV show. A rather important time that gets overlooked being sandwiched between the Civil War and WWI. Well researched and a solid narrator.

Gives one a good feel for two men who personified the Gilded Age and made America the industrial giant it was to become. There is more detail on the Homestead strike than I needed to know but it was a gratifying read. For those who like economic/industrial history of the USA.

4.9 Loved this! Inspiring story of business titans forming the steel industry in the USA and the struggles they faced with labor and business priorities.

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Carnegie, Andrew (Subject); Frick, Henry Clay (Subject)