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Having toured Frick's mansions in New York and Pittsburgh, as well as several of Carnegie's libraries, his eponymous university, and his mansion in New York, I was of course interested to hear how the two men famously fell out. The tale is not perhaps as dramatic as the title suggests, but it's still great stuff for anyone interested in the Gilded Age.
The central event of the book is the Homestead Steelworker's strike of 1890s. Acting under Carnegie's orders, Frick sent in strikebreakers and Pin ...more
The central event of the book is the Homestead Steelworker's strike of 1890s. Acting under Carnegie's orders, Frick sent in strikebreakers and Pin ...more
Jun 06, 2011
Andrea
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Erica
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