Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel by Katherine Shippen

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A biography of industrialist Andrew Carnegie, emphasizing his numerous philanthropies.

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Canonical title: Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel
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Genres: Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 923.673 — History & geography Biographies, Genealogy, Heraldry Unique Notables Philanthropists, humanitarians, social reformers
LCC: CT275 .C3 .S5 — Auxiliary Sciences of History Biography Biography National biography

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