print email comment close The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/ Description: This collection focuses on the life and times of Andrew Carnegie. Includes biographical information, a look at the railroad and steel industries of the time, and what it took to get a grant from Carnegie for one of the 2,811 libraries he funded over 33 years. Part of the American Experience series from PBS. Publisher: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Extra Keywords notablephilanthropists Library of Congress Subject Headings: Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 Industrialists People Philanthropists LII Database Information: Record 6639 created by Jackie Borin on 11/21/2000 Last modification on 10/02/2004 Published: 11/21/2000   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/6639