From reviews of the first edition:
"A succinct and informed account of Flagler's] leadership in transforming Florida's economy."--American Historical Review

"An important contribution to the understanding of Standard Oil's extended partnership and how the personal desire of Flagler led to the early development of Florida's Atlantic Coast."--The Historian

Henry M. Flagler (1830-1913), the ambitious Gilded Age tycoon who designed and built much of Florida's fashionable east coast, rode to success on the rails.
As John D. Rockefeller's closest adviser in the...