The Man Who Loved Libraries: The Story of Andrew Carnegie

I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. From the publisher - (edited for length & clarity)

When he was a child in the 1840s, Andrew Carnegie and his family immigrated to America in search of a new beginning. His working-class Scottish family arrived at the height of the Industrial Revolution. Carnegie worked hard, in factories and telegraphy. He invested in railroads, eventually becoming the richest man in the world during his time. Carnegie believed strongly in sharing his wealth, and one of the ways he did this was by funding the construction of over 2,500 public libraries around the world. His philanthropy completely revolutionized public libraries, which weren’t widespread at the time. When he was a child in the 1840s, Andrew Carnegie and his family immigrated to America in search of a new beginning. His working-class Scottish family arrived at the height of the Industrial Revolution. Carnegie worked hard, in factories and telegraphy. He invested in railroads, eventually becoming the richest man in the world during his time.

When I lived in Dundas I loved that the library was a gorgeous Carnegie LIbrary and I have been to many a concert at Carnegie Hall in NYC. This book is great for kids who love the library as it explains how they went from subscription/$$$ based to the free library system we know and love today. (it does leave out how Carnegie was considered a "robber baron" but that could be a whole other book that teaches a lesson that greed ... oh, dear ... is good???)

This is a great kid's book as it shows hard work pays off ... something that maybe today's millennial's should read if they can get off their phones! :-)