25 Sep Andrew Carnegie’s decision to hold library construction developed using his personal experience. Born in 1835, he spent his first 12 years in the coastal town of Dunfermline, Scotland. There he heard men read aloud and discuss books borrowed on the Tradesmen’s Subscription Library that his father, a weaver, had helped create. Carnegie began his formal education at age eight, but were forced to stop after only 3 years. The rapid industrialization from the textile trade forced small businessmen like Carnegie’s father outside of business. Consequently, your family sold their belongings and immigrated to Allegheny, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Andrew Carnegie’s decision to hold library construction developed using his personal experience. Born in 1835, he spent his first 12 years in the coastal town of Dunfermline, Scotland. There he heard men read aloud and discuss books borrowed on the Tradesmen’s Subscription Library that his father, a weaver, had helped create.sites Carnegie began his formal education at age eight, but were forced to stop after only 3 years. The rapid industrialization from the textile trade forced small businessmen like Carnegie’s father outside of business. Consequently, your family 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.