Henry Flagler: Visionary of the Gilded Age

Rating:
Summary: In-depth and definitive
Review: This account gives a good treatment of Henry Morrison Flagler. Tracing the years of his childhood, the failure of his salt business, and eventual partnership with John D. Rockefeller in Standard Oil. Flagler would later make his greatest contribution in the formation of the Florida East Coast Railway, ultimately reaching Key West before the onset of WWI. Often overlooked by rail historians, Henry Flagler should be remembered alongside the likes of great railroad pioneers such as James Hill and The Big Four.

Rating:
Summary: In-depth and definitive
Review: This book gives a good treatment of Henry M. Flagler. Tracing the years of his childhood, up through Standard Oil, and on to the expansion of the Florida East Coast Railway, finally reaching Key West. Often overlooked by rail historians, Henry Flagler should be remembered alongside the likes of great railroad pioneers such as James Hill and The Big Four.