Oil and Ice: A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of America's Last Whaling Dynasty by Peter Nichols

Oil and Ice: A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of America's Last Whaling Dynasty

Peter Nichols

304 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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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. In 1871, America's last fleet of whaling ships was de...

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