Henry Clay Frick: The Life of the Perfect Capitalist
Henry Clay Frick, reviled in his own time, infamous in ours, was blamed for the Johnstown Flood (which killed 2,200 people) as well as the violent Homestead Strike of 1892, and survived an assassination attempt, yet at the same time was an ardent philanthropist, giving more than $100 million during his lifetime and in his will, while insisting on anonymity.\ This biography explores the contradictions in this great industrialist's nature and avoids the extremes of both hagiography and...
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Henry Clay Frick, reviled in his own time, infamous in ours, was blamed for the Johnstown Flood (which killed 2,200 people) as well as the violent Homestead Strike of 1892, and survived an assassination attempt, yet at the same time was an ardent philanthropist, giving more than $100 million during his lifetime and in his will, while insisting on anonymity.This biography explores the contradictions in this great industrialist's nature and avoids the extremes of both hagiography and denunciation.
Acknowledgments viiiPrologue 1Preface 3A Technical Note 7Introduction 111 A Heritage of Capitalism 192 Boyhood, 1849 to 1860 263 Connellsville Coke: Gray Gold 354 The Prince of Coke 455 Bessemer Converters, Strikes, and Carnegie 556 The King of Coke 647 A Fox in the Henhouse 748 The Strike of 1887 849 Providence 9510 Labor Disputes and Personal Setbacks 10311 The Run-Up to Homestead 11312 An Industrial Waterloo 11913 Homestead-The Battle 12814 The Aftermath 14015 The Foundation of a Great Corporation 14816 Big Steel 15717 United States Steel 16718 The World's Richest Neighborhood 18219 New York and the Panic of 1907 19420 Final Years, 1910-1919 20521 Pittsburgh Capitalism 21822 The Labor Republic 22523 An Organizational Genius 24024 A Final Look 247Chapter Notes 253Bibliography 257Index 259
