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Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America
Les Standiford
3.76 AVERAGE
25 reviews for:
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America
Les Standiford
3.76 AVERAGE
Andrew Carnegie, you complicated figure. Inspired to read because of History channel's Men Who Built America series. I appreciate that the author strove for a balanced account of the events of Homestead and Carnegie and Frick's partnership, more so than the TV show. A rather important time that gets overlooked being sandwiched between the Civil War and WWI. Well researched and a solid narrator.
[audiobook] Such an interesting story of the rise and power of these first Gilded Age tycoons. The book gave a really cinematic play by play of the Homestead strike/conflict, but seemed to fall off at its actual core purpose, explaining how Carnegie and Frick had their falling out, where a more thorough analysis would have been helpful. Well written and easy to read (listen to)!
An excellent history of two complicated men. The story of Carnegie and Frick, their domination of the coke and steel industries, and their eventual falling out is a fascinating glimpse into American industrialization. Carnegie and Frick were both hard men, focused on cutting costs, even while paying their workers shockingly little, and yet later in life they each gave spectacular sums of money away. The story of the stupendous fortunes they amassed, often at the expense of the working men who were unable to properly unionize, is a classic story of the struggle between labor and capital--especially poignant in the story of the "Battle of Homestead" where the struggle became deadly.
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Partnership that Transformed America by Less Standiford
319 pages
★★★★
As usual, the subtitles gives you a pretty good idea what this history book is about. It’s about Carnegie (Carnegie Steel Company) and Henry Frick (H. C. Frick & Company) and their partnership that would become the predecessor of U.S. Steel and boy would they become two rich people of the time (and even by today’s standards). If you’re looking for a detailed biography on each individual, you won’t get it here. As the author states, there’s plenty of books on these people and he mostly focuses on Carnegie and Frick’s “friendship” and work together. A good chunk of the book focuses on the deadly Homestead Strike of 1892 and the two men’s roles in it. Short story – Carnegie wanted to please even if it meant hiding the truth and throwing people under the bus and Frick was just a ruthless business man (you may have also heard of his name from the infamous Johnstown Flood) – a partnership made in heaven? Maybe not.
I enjoyed this one. I saw a special on the men that made America and the show glossed over the stories of these men and being the history geek I am – I instantly needed to know more! This is a well written account of Carnegie and Frick’s tumultuous relationship. If you come or live in Pennsylvania, this is all probably fairly well-known local history but I honestly didn’t know much about Carnegie and even less about Frick. Well researched. Easy to read. There are times where the author speculates what someone may have been thinking or saying and I’m not a fan of that but he’s probably not far on his speculations at least.
319 pages
★★★★
As usual, the subtitles gives you a pretty good idea what this history book is about. It’s about Carnegie (Carnegie Steel Company) and Henry Frick (H. C. Frick & Company) and their partnership that would become the predecessor of U.S. Steel and boy would they become two rich people of the time (and even by today’s standards). If you’re looking for a detailed biography on each individual, you won’t get it here. As the author states, there’s plenty of books on these people and he mostly focuses on Carnegie and Frick’s “friendship” and work together. A good chunk of the book focuses on the deadly Homestead Strike of 1892 and the two men’s roles in it. Short story – Carnegie wanted to please even if it meant hiding the truth and throwing people under the bus and Frick was just a ruthless business man (you may have also heard of his name from the infamous Johnstown Flood) – a partnership made in heaven? Maybe not.
I enjoyed this one. I saw a special on the men that made America and the show glossed over the stories of these men and being the history geek I am – I instantly needed to know more! This is a well written account of Carnegie and Frick’s tumultuous relationship. If you come or live in Pennsylvania, this is all probably fairly well-known local history but I honestly didn’t know much about Carnegie and even less about Frick. Well researched. Easy to read. There are times where the author speculates what someone may have been thinking or saying and I’m not a fan of that but he’s probably not far on his speculations at least.