Andrew Carnegie’s decision to support library construction developed using his personal experience. Born in 1835, he spent his first 12 years on the coastal city of Dunfermline, Scotland. There he listened to men read aloud and discuss books borrowed within the Tradesmen’s Subscription Library that his father, a weaver, had helped create. Carnegie began his formal education at age eight, but wanted to stop after only 3 years. The rapid industrialization in the textile trade forced small businessmen like Carnegie’s father out from business. Because of this, the household sold their belongings and immigrated to Allegheny, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Andrew Carnegie’s decision to support library construction developed using his personal experience. Born in 1835, he spent his first 12 years on the coastal city of Dunfermline, Scotland. There he listened to men read aloud and discuss books borrowed within the Tradesmen’s Subscription Library that his father, a weaver, had helped create. Carnegie began his formal education at age eight, but wanted to stop after only 3 years. The rapid industrialization in the textile trade forced small businessmen like Carnegie’s father out from business. Because of this, the household sold their belongings and immigrated to Allegheny, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Although these new circumstances required the young Carnegie to go to work, his learning did not end.