Meet You in Hell Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America

Name: Meet You in Hell Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America
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ISBN: 9781400047680

ISBN-10: 1400047684

ISBN-13: 9781400047680

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Authors: Les Standiford

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Two founding fathers of American industry.One desire to dominate business at any price. The author of "Last Train to Paradise" tells the riveting story of Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the bloody steelworkers' strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Set against the backdrop of the Gilded Age, "Meet You in Hell" captures the majesty and danger of steel manufacturing, the rough-and-tumble of the business world, and the fraught relationship between " the world' s richest man" and the ruthless coke magnate to whom he entrusted his companies. The result is an extraordinary work of popular history. Also available as a Random House AudioBook and an eBook

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/13/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.15" wide x 8.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.594

Les Standiford is the director of the creative writing program at Florida International University. He has lived in Miami since 1981.



Acknowledgments


Note from the Author


Prelude: Eye of the Needle



Grand Design



Gauntlet



The Stage Is Set



By the Bootstraps



Convergence of the Twain



The King of Coke



Good for the Goose ...



A Rock and a Hard Place



Firm Hand at the Wheel



Two Strikes ...



Blood on the River



Strike Three



The Wagons Circle



A Finish Fight



Early Warning



Rockets' Red Glare



Over the Edge



The Better Part of Valor



While Rome Burned



Unraveling



The Occupation of Homestead



Anarchy in Pittsburgh



Not an Inch



Bury the Past



Death Do Us Part



Great Divide



Gathering Storm



Put Asunder



Devil in the Details



Money, Happiness



In the Wings



Earthly Goods


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Index