false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173236169m/262826.jpg 262826 4 n February 13, 1806, the brig Favorite left Boston harbor bound for the Caribbean island of Martinique with a cargo that few imagined would survive the month-long voyage. Packed in hay in the hold were large chunks of ice cut from a frozen Massachusetts lake. This was the first venture of a young Boston entrepreneur, Frederic Tudor, who believed he could make a fortune selling ice to people in the tropics. Ridiculed at the outset, Tudor endured years of hardship before he was to fulfill his dream. Over the years, he and his rivals extended the frozen-water trade to Havana, Charleston, New Orleans, London, and finally to Calcutta, where in 1833 more than one hundred tons of ice survived a four-month journey of 16,000 miles with two crossings of the equator. The Frozen-Water Trade is a fascinating account of the birth of an industry that ultimately revolutionized domestic life for millions of people. 254765 2003 The Frozen Water Trade: A True Story total:40|5:0|4:0|3:1|2:0|1:0| 40 142 63 9 4 0 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Feb 28 19:24:02 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 14 08:36:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 01 01:34:56 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 28 21:20:31 -0700 2009
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