By David Shaw. An important (and exhaustive) biography by a master biographer about a self-made millionaire in America's Gilded Age. Carnegie, the abrasive industrialist, grew into old age as Carnegie the philanthropist. He gave his fortune away, in part to create libraries for the education of the common man, and communities throughout America have him to thank for their historic Carnegie Libraries. 6x9 878 pages notes, bibliography, b&w photos, index hardcover