Seven men who left the homes of their fathers to become citizens of the United States are profiled here: the merchant Stephen Girard, the engineer John Ericsson, the naturalist Louis Agassiz, the statesman Carl Schurz, the conductor Theodore Thomas, the steelmaker Andrew Carnegie and the railroad builder James J. Hill. An introduction asks what such men wanted most from life.
Brief, readable biographies that celebrate the immigrant contribution to American life. Download the free EPUB.