Follow Andrew Carnegie's rags-to-riches ride as the Scottish immigrant fashions himself into a captain of industry, the king of steel, the richest man in the world, and a generous philanthropist.

American Realities Volume II, Chapter 2 The New Industrial Era The Rise of Andrew Carnegie Links to Related Web Sites Carnegie: A Tribute This site contains a brief overview of Carnegie's career and an excellent set of drawings done in 1907-1908 as part of an survey of Pittsburgh. The drawings are especially effective in showing the faces of the men who worked in the steel mills. To find the ...