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All aboard! : a history of Florida's railroads /
Florida's size and shape meant a largely remote interior until shortly before the Civil War. The catalysts for blasting through that anonymity were three ambitious and very different visionaries who built railroads linking east to west and north to south: Henry Morrison Flagler, David Levy Yule...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Guilford, Connecticut :
Globe Pequot,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Florida's size and shape meant a largely remote interior until shortly before the Civil War. The catalysts for blasting through that anonymity were three ambitious and very different visionaries who built railroads linking east to west and north to south: Henry Morrison Flagler, David Levy Yulee, and Henry Bradley Plant. Their iron horses transported people--rich tourists from New York, slaves from Africa sold in Havana--and goods from around the state and the globe: oysters, cattle, sugar cane, molasses, and phosphate. Versions of the main lines run today--hauling freight in and out of the st. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 314 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-299) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781493018383 1493018388 |