Three Rivers Readers Book Club

Join us for a lively discussion on Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership that Transformed America by Les Standiford. Our book club discusses books about Pittsburgh, taking place in Pittsburgh, and by Pittsburgh authors. Attendees are welcome to join in-person or virtually using the link provided in your RSVP confirmation email. This title is available for checkout in our Catalog. In the Catalog Meet You in Hell Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America Les Standiford Two founding fathers of American industry. One desire to dominate business at any price. “Masterful . . . Standiford has a way of making the 1890s resonate with a twenty-first-century audience.”– USA Today “The narrative is as absorbing as that of any good novel–and as difficult to put down.”– Miami Herald The author of Last Train to Paradise 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, Meet You in Hell 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. Praise for Meet You in Hell “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 Street Journal “Standiford tells the story with the skills of a novelist . . . a colloquial style that is mindful of William Manchester’s great The Glory and the Dream. ” — Pittsburgh Tribune-Review “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…