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Andrew Carnegie and the rise of big business

2007
A biography of Scotsman Andrew Carnegie that discusses how his actions, as founder of Carnegie Steel, contributed to the reorganization of the pattern of industrial activity.

Abraham Lincoln and the Union

1980
Examines Abraham Lincoln in the context of his times and his convictions concerning the Union he cherished, secession, and slavery.

Slave and citizen

the life of Frederick Douglass
1980
A biography of the escaped slave who became a renowned writer, orator, abolitionist, and diplomat.

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