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Oil and Ice: A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of America's Last Whaling Dynasty
Oil and Ice: A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of America's Last Whaling Dynasty
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ISBN 9780143118367
Penguin Publishing Group
"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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BrandPenguin Publishing Group
Pub dateSep 28, 2010
ISBN-100143118366
ISBN-139780143118367
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions0.64 × 5.31 × 7.99 in
Weight1 lb
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