Last Train to Paradiseby Les Standiform | |
| Category: |
"Crime and Disaster (non-fiction)" |
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| Pages: | 259 |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Date Added: | 08/11/2006 |
| Date Read: | 04/27/2003 |
| Notes: | Subtitle: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean Flagler was a Standard Oil mogul determined to build a railroad across the Florida Keys to Key West in spite of hurricanes, mosquitoes and swamps. Construction was completed in January, 1912. The railroad was destroyed in the 200+ mph winds and 30-foot waves of the September, 1935 hurricane that killed 400+ in the middle Keys. |
| My Rating: | 7 |