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Born of modest origins in Scotland in 1835, Andrew Carnegie is best known as the founder of Carnegie Steel ... Carnegie, the son of an impoverished linen weaver, moved to Pittsburgh at the age of thirteen. The embodiment of the American dream, he pulled himself up from bobbin boy in a cotton factory to become the richest man in the world. He spent the rest of his life giving away the fortune he had accumulated and crusading for international peace....
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Grand Central Publishing
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English
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"A new biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, operating in the high-level arenas of politics, diplomacy, art and fashion. Bunny Mellon, who died in 2014 at age 103, was press-shy during her lifetime. With the co-operation of Bunny Mellon's family, author Meryl Gordon received access to thousands...
3) Aggie
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Strand Releasing Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A documentary that explores the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist Agnes "Aggie" Gund's life. Emmy-nominated director Catherine Gund focuses on her mother's journey to give viewers an understanding of the power of art to transform consciousness and inspire social change. Aggie is internationally recognized for her robust and prescient support of artists, particularly women and people of color, and...
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A critically acclaimed autobiography by one of America's greatest philanthropists Scottish immigrant Andrew Carnegie worked his way up from bobbin boy to telegraph operator to railroad man, learning key lessons along the way that would eventually lead to his unparalleled success in the steel business. Documenting a world of tariffs, insider deals, and Wall Street sharks, The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie opens a window into the great industrialist's...
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Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
2021.
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"Eunice Kennedy Shriver had a mission to let all kids play sports. Her project started in her yard and grew to a huge stadium! Kennedy created a way for disabled people to shine"--
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Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2022
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159 pages : illustrations (black and white, and color) ; 25 cm
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English
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Nathaniel Silver is division head and the William and Lia Poorvu Curator of the Collection at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. His books include Boston's Apollo: Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent. Diana Seave Greenwald is assistant curator of the collection at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Her books include Painting by Numbers: Data-Driven Histories of Nineteenth-Century Art (Princeton).
A major new biography of legendary...
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English
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National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a philanthropist who donated...
From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a philanthropist who donated...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxxiv, 842 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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A Pulitzer Prize finalist offers a sweeping portrait of one of the 20th century's most significant politicians, businessmen and philanthropists.
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English
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Examines the life of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, covering her Stanford education, her inspirational relationship with her sister Rosemary, her advocacy on behalf of disabled citizens, and her role as founder of the Special Olympics.
"While Joe Kennedy was grooming his sons for the White House and the Senate, his Stanford-educated daughter, Eunice was hijacking her father's fortune and her brothers' political power to engineer one of the great civil rights...
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Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Read about extreme sports athlete, Shaun White, in this sports biography. Learn about Shaun from the difficulties he faced when he was born to now where he has become one of the coolest sports stars around!"--Provided by publisher.
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Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c1994
Edition
1st ed.
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viii, 504 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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English
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When President Bill Clinton nominated Pamela Harriman to become U.S. ambassador to France in 1993, he was rewarding an extraordinary supporter with a crown jewel from the American political spoils system. Few deserved it more. The glamorous widow of statesman Averell Harriman had sheltered the Democratic party through a dozen years of exile and had used her late husband's fortune and her own drive to raise $12 million for the party and, ultimately,...
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The New Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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ix, 279 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"A major autobiography of a remarkable life that broke down racial barriers, transformed institutions, and energized the struggle for justice, by the former president of the Ford Foundation"--
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Publisher
The Philanthropy Roundtable
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Donation rates in the U.S. are two to 20 times higher than in comparable nations. Zinsmeister chronicles the greatest achievements of American private giving, profiles the most influential donors, collects the essential statistics on philanthropy, and summarizes the best ideas on charitable assistance that have been written or spoken.
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Publisher
Currency
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The founder of "charity:water" describes the unlikely establishment of his nonprofit and the renowned transparency, marketing, and model that have helped it take a leading role in addressing the world's water crisis.
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
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xiv, 539 pages : illustrations, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"The story of Bunny Mellon, the great landscape architect and interior designer, becomes a revelatory exploration of extreme wealth in the American century"--
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Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
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319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
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English
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"A daughter of American royalty, Eileen Rockefeller is one of the first in her family to write a memoir of growing up with fame and fortune and finding her own voice within its storied history"--
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