Last Train to Paradise Centennial Edition: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean Tapa dura - 2013

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An oversized, limited commemorative edition of acclaimed South Florida author Les Standiford's gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West extension of Henry Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway, originally published in 2002 and now in its 20th printing. This edition, commemorating the completion of the Over-Sea Railroad, January 22, 1912, includes a linen cloth cover, special heavy stock, silver foil stamping, a double gatefold, a hand-tipped map, and 150 new and vintage photographs and illustrations. Curators and historians at the Library of Congress, the Monroe County Library in Key West, and at the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach assisted Creative Director Petra Mason with image sourcing, as did staff at The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York. Many of the images in this edition have never been published before. A Books & Books Press production in association with Motherland Miami and The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida. 328 pages10 1/2 x 8 1/2 150 illustrations HC ISBN 978-0-9839378-0-7$60.00

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