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Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean

Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean


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In the bestselling tradition of Isaac's Storm and Nothing Like it in the World, Standiford chronicle's the remarkable story of the construction and fateful demise of the Key West Extension, a project led by ambitious entrepreneur Henry Flagler. Abridged. 5 CDs.

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"This is the remarkable true-life chronicle of one of America's greatest engineering achievements, and how it was all blown to bits in a few hellish hours. No novelist could have invented such a stunning tale, or such unforgettable characters." --Carl Hiaasen, author of Basket Case "Last Train to Paradise is a fast-moving and gripping story about one of the most ambitious and difficult engineering projects of the last century." --Henry Petroski, author of Engineers of Dreams "This is a wonderfully told tale, a strange and compelling story about a strange and compelling part of the world. With sharp, evocative reporting, the book captures an era, the Florida landscape, and the very human dream of doing the impossible." --Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief "Last Train to Paradise is an extraordinary achievement, a nonfiction book as exciting and finely written as a first-rate novel, with the narrative drive of a locomotive. . . . Throw in Ernest Hemingway and some of the most dramatic scenes of the chaos of a hurricane ever written and you've got one hell of a spectacular book." --James Hall, author of Blackwater Sound and Under Cover of Daylight "Only one thing could have stopped entrepreneur Henry Flagler: the most powerful storm ever to strike the United States. Les Standiford has given us a rousing--a deeply sobering--story of this 1935 collision between hubris and hurricane in the Florida Keys." --Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed "Last Train to Paradise is a mesmerizing account of Gilded Age titan Henry Flagler and his extraordinary dream to build a railroad across the sea. Henry Flagler's quest to build an overseas railroad has allthe elements of a classic Greek tragedy, and Les Standiford has captured both the man and his times with pitch perfect grace." --Connie May Fowler, author of Before Women Had Wings and When Katie Wakes "From the Hardcover edition."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780553756845
  • Publisher: Random House Audio Publishing Group
  • Publisher Imprint: Random House Audio Publishing Group
  • Edition: Abridged edition
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 231 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0553756842
  • Publisher Date: 24 Sep 2002
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Height: 217 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean
  • Width: 160 mm

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