Philanthropists and their legacies
By: Carol G. Traub.
Series: Profiles; Profiles (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Publisher: Oliver Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Philanthropists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Philanthropists.
Description: Describes how people like Alfred Nobel, Cecil Rhodes, Andrew Carnegie, Julius Rosenwald, and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur first made and then gave away vast sums of money.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-152) and index.