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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.

Oil and Ice A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of Americas Last Whaling Dynasty

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    View other formats and editions of Oil and Ice A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of Americas Last Whaling Dynasty by Peter Nichols

    Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
    Publication Date: 9/28/2010 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780143118367, 978-0143118367
    ISBN10: 0143118366

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    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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