Ice! The Amazing History
The Amazing History of the Ice Business
Seiten
2012
Boyds Mills Press (Verlag)
978-1-59078-801-1 (ISBN)
Boyds Mills Press (Verlag)
978-1-59078-801-1 (ISBN)
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Think of a world without cold drinks, ice cream, and frozen foods. Believe it or not, such a world DID exist! Learn all about this fascinating history in this nonfiction book.
In the early 1800s, people began to harvest ice, store it in ways that limited melting, and transport it to homes and businesses. Eventually, almost everyone had an icebox, and a huge, vital ice business grew. In this riveting book, acclaimed writer Laurence Pringle describes the key inventions and ideas that helped the ice business flourish. He points to the many sources of ice throughout the East and Midwest and spotlights Rockland Lake, "the icebox of New York City," to offer a close-up look at the ice business in action. Pringle worked closely with experts and relied on primary documents, including archival photographs, postcards, prints, and drawings, to capture the times when everyone waited for the ice man and his wagon to deliver those precious blocks of ice.
In the early 1800s, people began to harvest ice, store it in ways that limited melting, and transport it to homes and businesses. Eventually, almost everyone had an icebox, and a huge, vital ice business grew. In this riveting book, acclaimed writer Laurence Pringle describes the key inventions and ideas that helped the ice business flourish. He points to the many sources of ice throughout the East and Midwest and spotlights Rockland Lake, "the icebox of New York City," to offer a close-up look at the ice business in action. Pringle worked closely with experts and relied on primary documents, including archival photographs, postcards, prints, and drawings, to capture the times when everyone waited for the ice man and his wagon to deliver those precious blocks of ice.
Laurence Pringle has written more than one hundred books for children and teenagers, many of them award-winning science titles. Internationally, his books have sold more than three million copies. Illustrated with black-and-white archival photographs.
| Sprache | englisch |
|---|---|
| Maße | 226 x 248 mm |
| Gewicht | 546 g |
| Themenwelt | Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Geschichte / Politik |
| Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Naturwissenschaft / Technik | |
| Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Recht / Wirtschaft | |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-59078-801-X / 159078801X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-59078-801-1 / 9781590788011 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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