Andrew Carnegie
In this magnificent biography, celebrated historian David Nasaw brings to life the fascinating rags- to-riches story of one of our most iconic business legends—Andrew Carnegie, America's first modern titan. From his first job as a bobbin boy at age thirteen to his status as the richest man in the world upon retirement, Carnegie was the embodiment of the American dream and the prototype of today's billionaire. Drawing on a trove of new material, Nasaw brilliantly plumbs the core of this fascinating and complex man, at last fixing him in his rightful place as one of the most compelling, elusive, and multifaceted personalities of the twentieth century.
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- In no particular order.
Empires of Light, by Jonnes. Titan, by Chernow. The Wright Brothers, by McCullough. His Excellency, by Ellis. The Wizard of Menlo Park, by Stross. I Invented the Modern Age, by Snow. Dealers of Lightning, by Hiltzik. Margin of Safety, by Klarman. Masters of Doom, by Kushner. Andrew Carnegie, by Nasaw. Infidel, by Hirsi Ali. Buffett, by Lowenstein. Where Wizards Stay Up Late, by Hafner. Shoe Dog, by Knight. The Making of the Atomic Bomb, by Rhodes.
- Yep, that's where I stumbled onto this. The Victorian Internet was fun but way too short.
A few chapters in David Nasaw's Andrew Carnegie and Edmund Morris's Edison go into telegraph history a bit.
I got into the subject after reading both those books (they both got their start as telegraph operators), and noticing the similarity in meritocracy and culture between programmers today and telegraph operators back then.
I'd love to read more. Two other books on my list are Lincoln In The Telegraph Office (1907) and Submarine Telegraphy (1898). All the in-depth books on the telegraph seem to have been written 100 years ago basically.
- For Rockefeller, there is Ron Chernow's.
There is also this book : The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy Reprint Edition, Kindle Edition by Charles R. Morris
Links: https://www.amazon.com/Titan-Life-John-Rockefeller-Sr-ebook/...
https://www.amazon.com/Andrew-Carnegie-David-Nasaw-ebook/dp/...
https://www.amazon.com/Tycoons-Carnegie-Rockefeller-Invented...
