Mrs. Carnegie, once again picking up the financial slack, took up sewing shoes for a shoemaker in the neighborhood. During the time his family was still poor, Andrew found his mother crying about ...

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 ...

ANDREW CARNEGIE was born on November 25, 1835, the son of a hand-loom weaver of Dunfermline. A centenary commemorative volume bears the title “Andrew Carnegie: the Trusts and their Work”.