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Pringle, Laurence

Ice!: The Amazing History of the Ice Business

74 pp. | Boyds/Calkins | October, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59078-801-1 $17.95
(3) 4-6 An engaging, accessible text combines with archival photographs, period advertising, paintings, and diagrams to present the rise and fall of the ice business during the nineteenth- and early-twentieth centuries. The tools, techniques, competing business practices, and emerging technologies provide a historical backdrop, while sidebars and primary sources supplement this detail-rich, well-documented offering. Reading list, websites. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Tamara DePasquale

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