{"product_id":"meet-you-in-hell-andrew-carnegie-henry-clay-frick-and-the-bitter-partnership-that-changed-america-9781400047680","title":"Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo founding fathers of American industry. One desire to dominate business at any price.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Masterful . . . Standiford has a way of making the 1890s resonate with a twenty-first-century audience.\"--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The narrative is as absorbing as that of any good novel--and as difficult to put down.\"--\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eLast Train to Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e tells the riveting story of Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the bloody steelworkers' strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Set against the backdrop of the Gilded Age, \u003ci\u003eMeet You in Hell\u003c\/i\u003e captures the majesty and danger of steel manufacturing, the rough-and-tumble of the business world, and the fraught relationship between \"the world's richest man\" and the ruthless coke magnate to whom he entrusted his companies. The result is an extraordinary work of popular history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMeet You in Hell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Standiford tells the story with the skills of a novelist . . . a colloquial style that is mindful of William Manchester's great \u003ci\u003eThe Glory and the Dream.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Tribune-Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A muscular, enthralling read that takes you back to a time when two titans of industry clashed in a battle of wills and egos that had seismic ramifications not only for themselves but for anyone living in the United States, then and now.\"\u003cb\u003e--Dennis Lehane, author of \u003ci\u003eMystic River \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLes Standiford\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten critically acclaimed novels as well as several works of nonfiction including \u003ci\u003eLast Train to Paradise, The Man Who Invented Christmas, Meet You in Hell, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWashington Burning\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received the Frank O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is founding director of the creative writing program at Florida International University in Miami and was appointed holder of the Peter Meinke Chair in Creative Writing at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg. He lives in Pinecrest, Florida, with his wife and three children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527569740050,"sku":"9781400047680","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fe378704-1762-4777-bf9c-5f021e2c9202.jpg?v=1731305861","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/meet-you-in-hell-andrew-carnegie-henry-clay-frick-and-the-bitter-partnership-that-changed-america-9781400047680","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}