{"title":"David Nasaw","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the meticulously researched and engaging works of David Nasaw, a celebrated historian and biographer renowned for his rich narratives and insightful analyses. Delve into the world of influential figures and pivotal moments in history through Nasaw's authoritative books, which offer an intimate look at the lives and legacies of remarkable personalities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis critically acclaimed biography, \u003cem\u003eAndrew Carnegie\u003c\/em\u003e, provides a fascinating portrait of the steel magnate turned philanthropist, capturing the complexities and contradictions of the man who reshaped American industry and society. With a depth of detail, Nasaw unveils Carnegie's journey from a humble Scottish immigrant to one of the most powerful figures of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Last Million\u003c\/em\u003e, Nasaw turns his attention to the displaced persons left in the wake of World War II. Through this compelling narrative, he chronicles the struggles and resilience of the refugees striving to rebuild their lives amidst the geopolitical turmoil of post-war Europe. This book offers a poignant examination of a lesser-known aspect of history, shedding light on the enduring impact of global conflicts on human lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Nasaw's writings stand out in the Biography \u0026amp; Memoir as well as History \u0026amp; Military categories, providing readers with a deeper understanding of historical events and the figures that shaped them. Each book is a testament to his skill in blending exhaustive research with storytelling, making history accessible and engaging for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"andrew-carnegie-by-david-nasaw-9780143112440","title":"Andrew Carnegie","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cq\u003eBeautifully crafted and fun to read.\u003c\/q\u003e - Louis Galambos, \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cq\u003eNasaw's research is extraordinary.\u003c\/q\u003e - \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cq\u003eMake no mistake - David Nasaw has produced the most thorough, accurate and authoritative biography of Carnegie to date.\u003c\/q\u003e - Salon.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe definitive account of the life of Andrew Carnegie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCelebrated historian David Nasaw, whom \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e has called \u003cq\u003ea meticulous researcher and a cool analyst,\u003c\/q\u003e brings new life to the story of one of America's most famous and successful businessmen and philanthropists in what will prove to be the biography of the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBorn of modest origins in Scotland in 1835, Andrew Carnegie is best known as the founder of Carnegie Steel. His rags to riches story has never been told as dramatically and vividly as in Nasaw's new biography. Carnegie, the son of an impoverished linen weaver, moved to Pittsburgh at the age of thirteen. The embodiment of the American dream, he pulled himself up from bobbin boy in a cotton factory to become the richest man in the world. He spent the rest of his life giving away the fortune he had accumulated and crusading for international peace. For all that he accomplished and came to represent to the American public—a wildly successful businessman and capitalist, a self-educated writer, peace activist, philanthropist, man of letters, lover of culture, and unabashed enthusiast for American democracy and capitalism—Carnegie has remained, to this day, an enigma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNasaw explains how Carnegie made his early fortune and what prompted him to give it all away, how he was drawn into the campaign first against American involvement in the Spanish-American War and then for international peace, and how he used his friendships with presidents and prime ministers to try to pull the world back from the brink of disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a trove of new material—unpublished chapters of Carnegie's Autobiography; personal letters between Carnegie and his future wife, Louise, and other family members; his prenuptial agreement; diaries of family and close friends; his applications for citizenship; his extensive correspondence with Henry Clay Frick; and dozens of private letters to and from presidents Grant, Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, and British prime ministers Gladstone and Balfour, as well as friends Herbert Spencer, Matthew Arnold, and Mark Twain—Nasaw brilliantly plumbs the core of this fascinating and complex man, deftly placing his life in cultural and political context as only a master storyteller can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953975746796,"sku":"9780143112440","price":61.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780143112440.jpg?v=1732947538"},{"product_id":"the-last-million-by-david-nasaw-9780143110996","title":"The Last Million","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom bestselling author David Nasaw, a sweeping new history of the one million refugees left behind in Germany after WWII.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn May 1945, after German forces surrendered to the Allied powers, millions of concentration camp survivors, POWs, slave labourers, political prisoners, and Nazi collaborators were left behind in Germany, a nation in ruins. British and American soldiers attempted to repatriate the refugees, but more than a million displaced persons remained in Germany—Jews, Poles, Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, and other Eastern Europeans who refused to go home or had no homes to return to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost would eventually be resettled in lands suffering from postwar labour shortages, but no nation, including the United States, was willing to accept more than a handful of the 200,000 to 250,000 Jewish men, women, and children who remained trapped in Germany. When in June, 1948, the United States Congress passed legislation permitting the immigration of displaced persons, visas were granted to sizable numbers of war criminals and Nazi collaborators, but denied to 90% of the Jewish displaced persons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA masterwork from acclaimed historian David Nasaw, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Million\u003c\/em\u003e tells the gripping but until now hidden story of postwar displacement and statelessness and of the Last Million, as they crossed from a broken past into an unknowable future, carrying with them their wounds, their fears, their hope, and their secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere for the first time, Nasaw illuminates their incredible history and shows us how it is our history as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46338567504108,"sku":"9780143110996","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25911943482238.jpg?v=1743735404"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/david-nasaw.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}