In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, Standard Oil co-founder Henry Flagler turned his vast fortune toward an unforgiving southern frontier. He laid steel tracks across fevered swamps, driving thousands of laborers through brutal elements to forge a private kingdom.
Beyond the palm courts and Spanish Renaissance palaces of Saint Augustine lay a savage wilderness. FLAGLER exposes the human cost behind magnificent winter resorts, contrasting ballroom opulence against the unforgiving grit of early industrial conquest.
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About the Author
Malcolm Trott is a Florida-based author, entrepreneur, and former maritime chef whose career has taken him across the Great Lakes, offshore research vessels, and the waters of the Florida Keys. After spending years working at sea, including civilian service supporting U.S. Navy research operations out of Key West, Trott developed a lasting appreciation for Florida's history, remarkable characters, and changing landscapes. His historical-fiction novel, FLAGLER, explores the ambition, family secrets, and extraordinary achievements of Henry Morrison Flagler, the industrialist whoose railroads and hotels helped transform Florida.
Trott renders Flagler's grand obsession with startling atmospheric precision, laying bare the ruthlessness beneath American luxury and the high-stakes gamble of conquering an untamed coast.
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FLAGLER is available immediately worldwide in hardcover, trade paperback, and Kindle editions. Begin the journey into America's most audacious frontier empire today.