a massive steel steamer of the Gilded Age that vanished without a trace in a violent storm. Its sinking took with it millionaire shipping magnate Peter G. Minch, his young family, and all but ...

Minch arranged a summer cruise for his family survived the 1892 disaster. At the time, the vessel had been “built to break cargo shipping records and was considered one of the safest ships ...

His family arrived in the United States penniless, but by the end of the Gilded Age, Andrew Carnegie had amassed an unimaginable fortune. As the nation rapidly industrialized, Carnegie cornered ...

Mark Twain-1871 Andrew Carnegie, 1910. Library of Congress During the "Gilded Age," every man was a potential Andrew Carnegie, and Americans who achieved wealth celebrated it as never before.