The Frozen-Water Trade
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: June 2, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780786254163
Subjects: United States - 19th Century; North America; History; Business / Economics / Finance; History: American; North American; Commerce; Economic History; Fiction; Ice industry
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.