Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean Audiobook (Free)

The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the main element West Railroad-one of the best engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop from the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.

In 1904, the outstanding and driven business owner Henry Flagler, partner to John D. Rockefeller, dreamed of a railway connecting the island of Key West towards the Florida mainland, crossing an astounding 153 kilometers of open ocean-an engineering challenge beyond also that of the Panama Canal. Many considered the project difficult, but build it they do. The railroad stood as a magnificent achievement for a lot more than twenty-two years, heralded as “the 8th Wonder from the World,” until its total damage in 1935’s lethal storm from the century.

In Last Teach to Heaven, Standiford celebrates this crowning achievement of Gilded Age group ambition, bringing to life a sweeping tale of the powerful forces of human being ingenuity colliding using the even greater forces of nature’s wrath.