Author: Weightman, Gavin,
Title: The Frozen-Water Trade: a true story.
Description: NY, Hyperion, (2003). 1st ed 1st pt. VG in VG DJ. In 1806 the brig Favorite left Boston harbor bound for the Caribbean island of martinique with a cargo 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. The first venture of a young Boston entrepreneur Frederic Tudor who believed he could make a fortune selling ice to people in the tropics.

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