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Describes the remarkable and challenging efforts of ambitious entrepreneur Henry Flagler to construct a railway that would connect Key West to the mainland, following the design and engineering of the project, the thousands of workers who brought Flagler's vision to life, and the 1935 hurricane that destroyed the railway.
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John Deal novels volume 6
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Life looks good for John Deal. A new contract promises to put the family business in the black and restore its reputation, tarnished by suicide, the suicide of John's father. Getting out from under Barton Deal's shady past is tough. The new contract is linked to old ties-like the multi-million dollar pact Barton made with Miami mobster Lucky Rhodes decades ago. Now both men are gone, the money has vanished, and Lucky's son wants it back. John Deal...
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John Deal novels volume 1
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The single-minded quest by a building contractor for vengeance in Miami.
5) Bone Key
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John Deal novels volume 7
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On his way to Key West to talk with a wealthy developer, John Deal stops to help a young African-American man who is being hasseled by police, and when the man turns up dead, John finds himself entangled in a bizarre case involving the local police and an old love.
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John Deal novels volume 5
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Building contractor/sleuth John Deal, about to receive an award for heroism at a banquet hosted by First Lady Linda Barnes Sheldon, falls into the hands of a madman when he attempts to save the president's wife from terrorists who have invaded the ceremony.
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John Deal novels volume 4
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While Florida contractor John Deal is trying to salvage his relationship with his estranged wife Janice, a string of murders rocks Miami. Deal and Janice become investigative partners, if not romantic ones.
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When Henry Flagler arrived at the island of Palm Beach in April 1893 it was a dense tangle of Palmetto brush and mangroves. Within a year he had built the Royal Poinciana Hotel, and two years later what was to become the legendary Breakers. Now Palm Beach has become synonymous with exclusivity, a fabled landscape intertwined with the colorful lives of its famous protagonists. Standiford brings alive a fabled place and the characters-- the rich, famous...
9) Havana run
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John Deal has struggled to rebuild the construction firm his late father ruined, and just when he thinks his luck is starting to change for the better, he unwillingly finds himself involved in a plot to help spring an American prisoner from a Cuban jail.
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