Author: lesstandiford

From a New York Times bestselling author: In 1907, an ambitious engineer set out to bring water to the city of Los Angeles. This engaging history of a massive hydrology project is “powerful — and beautifully told” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Erik Larson).

A New York Times bestseller: As partners, rivals, and relentless innovators, Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick played pivotal roles in the Second Industrial Revolution in the US — but their impressive achievements came at a terrible human cost. “Intriguing” (Booklist).

In 1904, Henry Flagler began work on an unbelievable project — connecting mainland Florida to the island of Key West with 153 miles of railroad across the open ocean. Find out what doomed the disastrous project in this “remarkable” New York Times bestseller (Booklist).