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Mr. Flagler's St. Augustine - by Thomas Graham (Paperback) - 1 of 1

Mr. Flagler's St. Augustine - by Thomas Graham (Paperback)

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  • Florida Book Awards, Bronze Medal for Florida NonfictionFlorida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau Book AwardArguably no man did more to make over a city--or a state--than Henry Morrison Flagler.
  • About the Author: Thomas Graham is retired professor of history at Flagler College.
  • 592 Pages
  • History, United States

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Florida Book Awards, Bronze Medal for Florida Nonfiction

Florida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau Book Award

Arguably no man did more to make over a city--or a state--than Henry Morrison Flagler. Almost single-handedly, he transformed the east coast of Florida from a remote frontier into the winter playground of America's elite.

Mr. Flagler's St. Augustine tells the story of how one of the wealthiest men in America spared no expense in transforming the country's "Oldest City" into the "Newport of the South." He built railroads into remote areas where men feared to tread and erected palatial hotels on swampland. He funded hospitals and churches and improved streets and parks. The rich and famous flocked to his invented paradise.

In tracing Flagler's life and second career, Thomas Graham reveals much about the inner life of the former oil magnate and the demons that drove him to expand a coastal empire southward to Palm Beach, Miami, Key West, and finally Nassau. Graham also gives voice to the individuals history has forgotten: the women who wrote tourist books, the artists who decorated the hotels, the black servants who waited tables, and the journalists who filed society columns in the newspapers.

Filled with fascinating details that bring the Gilded Age to life, this book will stand as the definitive history of Henry Flagler and his time in Florida.



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"It would be difficult to imagine a more comprehensive account of Flagler's life or St. Augustine's growth from the 1880s through 1913."--Journal of Southern History

"More than just a treatment of one of the 'great men' of Florida history . . .it is also the biography of a city that briefly became the resort destination of choice for many affluent Americans in the Gilded Age."--Florida Historical Quarterly

"Gilded age tycoon Henry Flagler's ambition, sagacity, and generosity along with his inner demons are revealed in Mr. Flagler's St. Augustine, a study of how the entrepreneur changed the Ancient City and, ultimately, Florida's East Coast."--Forum




About the Author



Thomas Graham is retired professor of history at Flagler College. He is the author of several books including Flagler's St. Augustine Hotels and The Awakening of St. Augustine.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.06 Inches (W) x 1.5 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.8 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 592
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: United States
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Theme: State & Local, South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Format: Paperback
Author: Thomas Graham
Language: English
Street Date: April 12, 2022
TCIN: 1003824400
UPC: 9780813068732
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-9223
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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