“Masterful . . . Standiford has a way of making the 1890sresonate with a twenty-first-century audience.” —USA Today
“To the list of the signal relationships of American history . .. we can add one more: Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick . . .The tale is deftly set out by Les Standiford.” —Wall StreetJournal
“The narrative is as absorbing as that of any good novel—and asdifficult to put down.” —Miami Herald
“Standiford tells the story with the skills of a novelist . . . acolloquial style that is mindful of William Manchester’s great TheGlory and the Dream.” —Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
“A muscular, enthralling read that takes you back to a time whentwo titans of industry clashed in a battle of wills and egos thathad seismic ramifications not only for themselves but for anyoneliving in the United States, then and now.” —Dennis Lehane, authorof Mystic River
Two founding fathers of American industry.One desire todominate business at any price.
The author of Last Train to Paradise tells the riveting story ofAndrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the bloody steelworkers’strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furiousrivalry. Set against the backdrop of the Gilded Age, Meet You inHell captures the majesty and danger of steel manufacturing, therough-and-tumble of the business world, and the fraughtrelationship between “the world’s richest man” and the ruthlesscoke magnate to whom he entrusted his companies. The result is anextraordinary work of popular history.
Also available as a Random House AudioBook and an eBook
Les Standiford is the author of the critically acclaimedLast Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Riseand Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean, as well as tennovels. He lives in Miami.
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