{"product_id":"gospel-of-wealth-essays-and-other-writings","title":"Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings by Andrew Carnegie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWords of wisdom from American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on Carnegie's most famous essay, \"The Gospel of Wealth,\" this book of his writings, published here together for the first time, demonstrates the late steel magnate's beliefs on wealth, poverty, the public good, and capitalism. Carnegie's commitment to ensuring and promoting the welfare of his fellow human beings through philanthropic deeds ranged from donations to universities and museums to establishing more than 2,500 public libraries in the English-speaking world, and he gave away more than $350 million toward those efforts during his lifetime. \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel of Wealth\u003c\/i\u003e is an eloquent testament to the importance of charitable giving for the public good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Carnegie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eemigrated from Scotland to the United States in 1848 at the age of 13. At age 65 he sold the Carnegie Steel Company to JP Morgan for $480 million and devoted the rest of his life to writing and philanthropy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Nasaw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the author of the nationally bestselling biography\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the Bancroft Prize for History, the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the Ambassador Book Prize for Biography, and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is currently a distinguished professor of history and Director for the Humanities at the City University of New York Graduate Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTarget Age: 18 and up\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Penguin Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: 2006-01-10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780143039891\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 128\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45549871300794,"sku":"9780143039891","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_25e4dc45-6011-443e-9211-ab549c2c3108.jpg?v=1769771496","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/gospel-of-wealth-essays-and-other-writings","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}