The Frozen Water Trade: A True Story by Gavin Weightman

The Frozen Water Trade: A True Story

Gavin Weightman

274 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography business history informative medium-paced

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Now in paperback, the fascinating story of America's vast natural ice trade which revolutionized the 19th centuryOn February 13, 1806, the brig Favorite left Boston harbor bound for the Caribbean island of Martinique with a cargo that few imagined...

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