Les Standiford

  ,Last Train to Paradise,
, is acclaimed novelist Les Standifordâ€™s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroadâ€”one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. Brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flaglerâ€™s dream fulfilled, the Key West Railroad stood as a magnificent achievement for more than twenty-two years, heralded as â€œthe Eighth Wonder of the World.â€ Standiford brings the full force and fury of 1935â€™s deadly â€œStorm of the Centuryâ€ and its sweeping destruction of â€œthe railroad that crossed an oceanâ€ to terrifying life. ,Last Train to Paradise, ,celebrates a crowning achievement of Gilded Age ambition in a sweeping tale of the powerful forces of human ingenuity colliding with the even greater forces of natureâ€™s wrath.
History,Nonfiction,Biography,North American Hi...,American History,Travel,Historical,Railways,Trains,Business,Science,Engineering,Transport,Railways
Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean