Chronicles the rise and fall of the Key West Railroad--which reached from the shores of mainland Florida to the island of Key West--describing its seven-year construction under the watch of entrepreneur Henry Flagler and its destruction by a hurricane in 1935.

Originally published in hardcover by Crown Publishers, a division of Random House, Inc., in 2002.

Map of the Key West Extension --End of the Line -- The Road to Paradise -- Citizen Flagler -- Paradise Found -- Empire Building -- The City That Flagler Built -- The Stage Is Set -- The Eighth Wonder of the World -- Charting the Territories -- Jumping-Off Point -- A Surprise, the First of Many -- Nature's Fury -- Duly Noted -- On Toward Key West -- The Signature Bridge -- Seven Miles of Hell -- Learning Curve -- Railroad Builder Overboard -- Deep Bay -- Wonder to Behold -- Failed -- Rolling On -- Storm of Storms -- A Fine, Improper Place.