LAST TRAIN TO PARADISE Henry F ...

The Washington Post | September 22, 2002| | Copyright

LAST TRAIN TO PARADISE

Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and

Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean

By Les Standiford

Crown. 272 pp. $24

Among the many Americans who have risen from modest circumstances to make large fortunes and influence the nation's development for better or worse, Henry Morrison Flagler occupies a unique and somewhat peculiar place. He had a hard nose for business, a limited supply of scruples and a genius for marketing, a combination that made him an invaluable partner for John D. Rockefeller in the formation and expansion of Standard Oil. Eventually he and ...

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