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Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
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Start date
January 22, 2012
Finish date
February 26, 2012
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It's the focus of One Island One Book 2012.…more

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Nan
Nov 12, 2011 rated it really liked it
If you're going to read one book about the building -- and destruction, less than three decades later -- of the Overseas Railway, this is the book to read. January 2012 will be the Centennial of the completion of the railroad, which transformed the Florida Keys from an isolated island chain into an artificial peninsula, an extension of South Florida. Only a determined and extraordinarily wealthy man like Henry Flagler -- one of the original partners in Standard Oil -- could have seen the project ...more
Margaret
Jan 01, 2012 rated it it was amazing
This was a great introduction to Florida history and a well-crafted story.
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Dec 27, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: one-island, 2012
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