by Les Standiford/ Publisher: Three Rivers Press/ ISBN:1/400-049474/ Paperback 2003 / In 1904, millionaire Henry Flagler dreamed of a railway connecting Key West to Florida mainland, one that would cross over 156 miles of open ocean. Thousands of men helped to bring Flaglers vision to life, then the strongest storm ever to hit the US washed the entire length of the track away. This is the story of such a feat and disaster.