Hansi and the ice man
By: by Julia Taylor Ebel ; illustrated by Idalia Canter
Contributors: Canter, Idalia, ill
Publisher: Parkway Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781933251813
Subjects: Ice industry; Juvenile literature; History; Refrigerators; Horse-drawn vehicles; German Americans; Juvenile fiction
Description: "As Mr. O'Malley cuts ice blocks for iceboxes, chips fly. Hansi and his friends cluster around Mr. O'Malley's horse-drawn delivery wagon to eat those chips. When Hansi's grandmother trades her icebox for a refrigerator, Hansi worries that Mr. O'Malley will soon stop delivering ice. Includes endnotes and historical photographs"--Provided by publisher.