The Ice King
Frederic Tudor and His Circle
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Author
Contributions
- Alan Seaburg (Editor) - Contributor
Publication
2003-05-01 - Mystic Seaport Museum
Language
English
Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8418835M
- ISBN-139780939510801
- ISBN-100939510804
- OCLC Control Number51969060
- Library of Congress Control Number2003046427
and 2 more
- Goodreads435822
- LibraryThing734750
Classifications
- LCCHD9481.U4 T837 2003
Description
In 1805, Bostonian Frederic Tudor decided that he would make his fortune shipping ice to the tropics; a plan his peers dismissed as ridiculous. Despite the many setbacks he encountered, Tudor refused to give up, and with more than dogged perseverance, he established markets in cities all over the world, from Charleston and New Orleans to Havana and even Calcutta. The biography chronicles Frederic's business adventures in colorful detail, but the authors also give us much more. They capture the dynamics of what was, in modern parlance, a dysfunctional family, rife with petty misunderstandings and persistent grudges; the Tudor whims and squabbles, played out on a global scale.
First Sentence
TUDOR: IT'S NOT YOUR EVERYDAY NAME!
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