Before he became the most famous philanthropist in America, Andrew Carnegie kept a lively diary of a journey around the globe, first printed privately for friends. He spends Christmas at sea, sees in 1879 in Asia, visits Kandy in Ceylon, and reflects on caste, empire, religion and trade in China and India.
A frank, curious traveller’s record from one of the Gilded Age’s great self-made men. Download the free EPUB.