At a time when America struggled -- often violently -- to sort out the competing claims of democracy and individual gain, Carnegie championed both. He saw himself as a hero of working people, yet he ...

Back in 1908, Andrew Carnegie was the wealthiest man in the world. He told writer Napoleon Hill what he did to achieve that.

Fact checked by Suzanne KvilhaugReviewed by Margaret JamesFact checked by Suzanne KvilhaugReviewed by Margaret James Andrew Carnegie may not be a well-known figure anymore but there's a very good ...

In 1904, 180 Americans were trapped by fire in a Pennsylvania coal mine. Two heroes went in to save them, but the rescuers and all but one of the miners perished. Still, that act of heroism touched ...

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1920. 8vo, xiv+385 pp. Illustrated. $6.00. DR. HOLMES’S familiar parable of the Three Johns may be applied with great aptness to the whole art of biography.

Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie donated millions to build libraries all over the world, including in Cincinnati. Nine Carnegie libraries were built in Cincinnati from 1906 to 1915. Carnegie-funded ...

There are still dozens of library branches that were built by Andrew Carnegie in the city. The Carnegie Corporation is giving them gifts. By James Barron Two new books examine efforts to standardize ...