Bibliograph

Last train to paradise, [a Gab bag for book discussion groups], Les Standiford

Type

Label

Last train to paradise, [a Gab bag for book discussion groups], Les Standiford

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-264) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Last train to paradise

Medium

kit

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

53341114

Responsibility statement

Les Standiford

Sub title

[a Gab bag for book discussion groups]

Summary

Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford's 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 Labor Day hurricane of 1935. Brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler's dream fulfilled, the Key West Railroad stood as a magnificent achievement for more than twenty-two years, heralded as 'the eighth wonder of the world.' Standiford brings the full force and fury of 1935's deadly 'storm of the century' and its sweeping destruction of 'the railroad that crossed an ocean' 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 nature's wrath

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Gab bags

Classification