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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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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page, Dedication
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. ix-xiv
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  1. 1. Dr. Anderson of St. Augustine, 1839–1880
  2. pp. 1-9
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  1. 2. Visions of the Ancient City, 1869–1880
  2. pp. 10-20
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  1. 3. The Private Henry Morrison Flagler, 1830–1883
  2. pp. 21-41
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  1. 4. Coming to Florida, 1883–1885
  2. pp. 42-55
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  1. 5. Architects Carrère and Hastings, 1885
  2. pp. 56-72
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  1. 6. Remaking the Oldest City, 1885
  2. pp. 73-80
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  1. 7. First, Buy the Railroad, 1885–1886
  2. pp. 81-87
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  1. 8. Construction of the Ponce de Leon, 1885–1887
  2. pp. 88-100
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  1. 9. Transforming St. Augustine, 1887
  2. pp. 101-124
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  1. 10. Electricity, Water, and Final Touches, 1887
  2. pp. 125-140
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  1. 11. Opening Day, 1888
  2. pp. 141-184
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  1. 12. Upstairs and Downstairs, 1888–1890
  2. pp. 185-217
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  1. 13. Memorial Church, 1890
  2. pp. 218-244
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  1. 14. Hotel Life in Paradise, 1891
  2. pp. 245-264
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  1. 15. The Season in St. Augustine, 1892–1893
  2. pp. 265-292
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  1. 16. After the Ball Is Over, 1893–1895
  2. pp. 293-324
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  1. 17. On to Miami, 1896–1897
  2. pp. 325-350
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  1. 18. Into Caribbean Waters, 1897–1899
  2. pp. 351-378
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  1. 19. Modern Times, 1900–1902
  2. pp. 379-410
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  1. 20. The Challenge of Key West, 1903–1906
  2. pp. 411-441
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  1. 21. Returning to St. Augustine, 1906–1911
  2. pp. 442-475
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  1. 22. Final Days, 1912–1913
  2. pp. 476-498
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. 499-500
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 501-556
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 557-564
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  1. Index
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