Oil and Ice

A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of America's Last Whaling Dynas ty

Nonfiction, History, Polar Regions, Business & Finance, Economics, Economic History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
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Author: Peter Nichols ISBN: 9781101460955
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: September 28, 2010
Imprint: Penguin Books Language: English
Author: Peter Nichols
ISBN: 9781101460955
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: September 28, 2010
Imprint: Penguin Books
Language: 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.

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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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