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Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean [Audiobook] download free by Les Standiford

Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean Audiobook download free by Les Standiford
  • Listen audiobook: Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean
  • Author: Les Standiford
  • Release date: 2003/9/20
  • Publisher: BROADWAY BOOKS
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Transportation
  • ISBN: 9781400049479
  • Rating: 7.55 of 10
  • Votes: 830
  • Review by: Thiago Carmona
  • Review rating: 8.32 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/10/14
  • Duration: 3H55M31S in 256 kbps (64 MB)
  • Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-05
  • You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WMA, MP3, WavPack, FLAC, Vorbis, MPEG4, TTA, WAV (compression AZW4, TZ, ZIP, EML, LHA, RAR)
  • Total pages original book: 320
  • Includes a PDF summary of 35 pages
  • Duration of the summary (audio): 26M19S (7 MB)
  • Description or summary of the audiobook: The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad-one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores. In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D. Rockefeller, dreamed of a railway connecting the island of Key West to the Florida mainland, crossing a staggering 153 miles of open ocean-an engineering challenge beyond even that of the Panama Canal. Many considered the project impossible, but build it they did. The railroad stood as a magnificent achievement for more than twenty-two years, heralded as 'the Eighth Wonder of the World,' until its total destruction in 1935's deadly storm of the century. In Last Train to Paradise, Standiford celebrates this crowning achievement of Gilded Age ambition, bringing to life a sweeping tale of the powerful forces of human ingenuity colliding with the even greater forces of nature's wrath.
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Natural Disasters, 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000, History Of The Americas, Trains & Railways
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  • Format: Paperback
  • Approximate value: 15.70 USD
  • Dimensions: 130x203x20mm
  • Weight: 249g
  • Printed by: Not Available
  • Published in: New York, NY, United States

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