For the first time in one volume are two impressive works by Andrew Carnegie himself: his autobiography and "The Gospel of Wealth," a groundbreaking manifesto on the duty of the wealthy to give back to society all of their fortunes. He practiced what he preached, erecting libraries across the county, founding Carnegie Mellon University, building Carnegie Hall, and performing countless other acts of philanthropy because, as he wrote, "the man who dies thus rich dies disgraced."