Frozen Water Trade, The
Subtitle: A TRUE STORY
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: February 4, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780786886401
Subjects: North American; History: World; Business History; History; Business / Economics / Finance; Modern - 19th Century; Commerce; Economic History; History / Modern / 19th Century; General
First sentence: 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.