Buy Cheap Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America
Here is history that reads like fiction: the riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry—Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick—and the bloody steelworkers’ strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Author Les Standiford begins at the bitter end, when the dying Carnegie proposes a final meeting after two decades of separation, probably to ease his conscience. Frick’s reply: “Tell him that I’ll meet him in hell.â€
It is a fitting epitaph. Set against the backdrop of the Gilded Age, a time when Horatio Alger preached the gospel of upward mobility and expansionism went hand in hand with optimism, Meet You in Hell is a classic tale of two men who embodied the best and worst of American capitalism. Standiford conjures up the majesty and danger of steel manufacturing, the rough-and-tumble of late-nineteenth-century big business, and the fraught relationship of “the world’s richest man†and the ruthless coke magnate to whom he entrusted his companies. Enamored of Social Darwinism, the emerging school of thought that applied the notion of survival of the fittest to human society, both Carnegie and Frick would introduce revolutionary new efficiencies and meticulous cost control to their enterprises, and would quickly come to dominate the world steel market.
But their partnership had a dark side, revealed most starkly by their brutal handling of the Homestead Steel Strike of 1892. When Frick, acting on Carnegie’s orders to do whatever was necessary, unleashed three hundred Pinkerton detectives, the result was the deadliest clash between management and labor in U.S. history. WHILE BLOOD FLOWED, FRICK SMOKED ran one newspaper headline. The public was outraged. An anarchist tried to assassinate Frick. Even today, the names Carnegie and Frick cannot be uttered in some union-friendly communities.
Resplendent with tales of backroom chicanery, bankruptcy, philanthropy, and personal idiosyncrasy, Meet You in Hell is a fitting successor to Les Standiford’s masterly Last Train to Paradise. Artfully weaving the relationship of these titans through the larger story of a young nation’s economic rise, Standiford has created an extraordinary work of popular history.
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
meet you in hell: andrew carnegie, henry clay frick, and the bitter partnership that transformed america
Saturday, January 14, 2012
welcome to hell: fema camps, martial law, and the collapse of american civil liberties under the new world order
Buy Cheap Welcome To Hell: FEMA Camps, Martial Law, and the Collapse of American Civil Liberties Under the New World Order
Like it or not, the world of today is not the one you were born into. Gone are the liberties of our fathers to travel, conduct business, communicate with friends and family, and protect yourself against home invasion with minimal interference from your government. Gone are your inalienable rights to privacy and your right to remain secure in your person and home. And gone are the days of leading a productive, lawful life as a private citizen of the greatest nation ever created by man and endowed by God’s blessings.
This book is designed to help you understand how to prepare for a national emergency or disaster that disrupts services or poses a threat to your safety. My aim is to teach you how to adopt a defensive posture, with ill will towards no one. Given the negativity surrounding government interference in our private lives and the threat of violent crime as disenfranchised citizens become more and more frustrated by a broken system, I believe we have something worth saving. We have a strong constitution, and a history of rugged individualism. If we can only get back to the free enterprise, laissez-faire way of life that built this country, we will be fine. But this can only be accomplished if good people will take the time to understand what is happening in America today, and take a stand for right.
In this book we will go beyond mere conspiracy theories to crack the code on the so-called “FEMA Death Camps,†the TSA and airline security, and the New World Order. We’ll also do a bit of ranting over the loss of personal freedoms, privacy, and the role of big government in a free society in the post 9/11 era. Finally, we’ll talk about possible solutions and how the threat of martial law can change your life within minutes.
Times have changed, and until the traditional values of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—without government control or involvement—are restored by peace loving people around the world, you must remain vigilant and learn how to survive the inevitable breakdown in civil society as we know it.
“Welcome To Hell†is one man’s view on what you can do, today.
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