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Oil and Ice

by Peter Nichols
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"Peter Nichols has crafted a terrifyingly relevant historical narrative...A terrific read."
-Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In The Heart of the Sea
In 1871, America's last fleet of whaling ships was destroyed in an arctic ice storm. Miraculously, 1,218 men, women and children survived, but the disaster was catastrophic at home.
Oil and Ice is the story of one fateful whaling season that illuminates the unprecedented rise and devastating fall of America's first oil economy, and the fate of today's petroleum industry.
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Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: September 28, 2010

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781101460955
  • Release date: September 28, 2010

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781101460955
  • File size: 332 KB
  • Release date: September 28, 2010

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Kindle Book
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subjects

Business History Nonfiction

Languages

English

"Peter Nichols has crafted a terrifyingly relevant historical narrative...A terrific read."
-Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In The Heart of the Sea
In 1871, America's last fleet of whaling ships was destroyed in an arctic ice storm. Miraculously, 1,218 men, women and children survived, but the disaster was catastrophic at home.
Oil and Ice is the story of one fateful whaling season that illuminates the unprecedented rise and devastating fall of America's first oil economy, and the fate of today's petroleum industry.
Expand title description text
Business History Nonfiction