When the brothers William and Frederic Tudor agreed to put together what money they had in the summer of 1805 and invest it in a scheme to sell ice to the West Indies, they held the plan close to their chests.
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"Reveals the forgotten story of America's vast natural ice trade, which revolutionized domestic life for millions of people"--Front flap of jacket.
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The Frozen-Water Trade: A True Story
January 8, 2003, Hyperion
Hardcover
in English
- 1 edition
078686740X 9780786867400
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The Frozen-Water Trade
June 2, 2003, Thorndike Press
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0786254165 9780786254163
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The Frozen Water Trade
May 2, 2003, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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0007102860 9780007102860
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The frozen water trade: how ice from New England lakes kept the world cool
2001, HarperCollins
in English
0007102852 9780007102853
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"When the brothers William and Frederic Tudor agreed to put together what money they had in the summer of 1805 and invest it in a scheme to sell ice to the West Indies, they held the plan close to their chests."
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