Who This Author Is

Harold C. Livesay has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 6 catalog-linked books across 1993 to 2011, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Business & Self-Help, Biography & Memoir.

Best for readers who want practical takeaways and books they can put to use quickly. If you want the easiest first click, start with Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1993 to 2011; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Addison-Wesley and Little Brown Company.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Business & Self-Help entry points • Biography & Memoir entry points • common used copies from Addison-Wesley and Little Brown Company

Genres and themes: Business & Self-Help • Biography & Memoir

Who this author is best for: readers who want practical takeaways and books they can put to use quickly

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1993 to 2011; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Addison-Wesley and Little Brown Company.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business

    Addison-Wesley • 2006 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 2006 • 240 pages.

  2. American Made: Shapers of the American Economy (2nd Edition)

    Longman Pub Group • 2006 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2006 • 336 pages.

  3. Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business (Library of American Biography)

    Talman Co • 1996 • standard commitment

    It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

  4. Samuel Gompers and Organized Labor in America

    Waveland Pr Inc • 1993 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1993 • 195 pages.

  5. Samuel Gompers and Organized Labor In Amer

    Little Brown Company • standard commitment

    readers who want a faster first book

  6. American Made

    Pearson Education, Limited • 2011 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2011.

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