{"title":"Peter Krass","description":"\u003cp\u003ePETER KRASS is an American journalist, editor, and biographer, and the author of \u003cem\u003eCarnegie\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlood and Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Business Wisdom\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKrass attended Lafayette College, class of 1987, and Seton Hall University. His biography \u003cem\u003eCarnegie\u003c\/em\u003e, a 624-page life of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, was the first major biography of Carnegie written in thirty years and drew praise from \u003cem\u003eBarron’s\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e. He served three years as managing editor of \u003cem\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/em\u003e and has contributed to \u003cem\u003eInvestor’s Business Daily\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAcross the Board\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter lives in Hanover, New Hampshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Krass’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"carnegie","title":"Carnegie","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eOne of the major figures in American history, Andrew Carnegie was a ruthless businessman who made his fortune in the steel industry and ultimately gave most of it away. He used his wealth to ascend the world's political stage, influencing the presidencies of Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt. In retirement, Carnegie became an avid promoter of world peace, only to be crushed emotionally by World War I.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIn this compelling biography, Peter Krass reconstructs the complicated life of this titan who came to power in America's Gilded Age. He transports the reader to Carnegie's Pittsburgh, where hundreds of smoking furnaces belched smoke into the sky and the air was filled with acrid fumes . . . and mill workers worked seven-day weeks while Carnegie spent months traveling across Europe.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarnegie \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the contradictions in the life of the man who rose from lowly bobbin boy to build the largest and most profitable steel company in the world. Krass examines how Carnegie became one of the greatest philanthropists ever known-and earned a notorious reputation that history has yet to fully reconcile with his remarkable accomplishments.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1681620197\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781681620190\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Peter Krass","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43212292260056,"sku":"9780471386308","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43212292325592,"sku":"9781681620190","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781118208571_FC_mockup_v2_1740150531_8ad56cf2-7bc6-4736-bee7-8b4991eca10b.jpg?v=1790995677"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-peter-krass.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}