Oil and Ice
Author: Nichols, Peter
ISBN: 9780143118367
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 28 Sep 2010
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
b>"Peter Nichols has crafted a terrifyingly relevant historical narrative...A terrific read." br> -Nathaniel Philbrick, author of i>In The Heart of the Sea/i> /b> br>br> 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. br>br> i>Oil and Ice/i> 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.BR>BR>b>"Peter Nichols has crafted a terrifyingly relevant historical narrative...A terrific read." br> -Nathaniel Philbrick, author of i>In The Heart of the Sea/i> /b> br>br> 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. br>br> i>Oil and Ice/i> 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.
ISBN: 9780143118367
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 28 Sep 2010
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
b>"Peter Nichols has crafted a terrifyingly relevant historical narrative...A terrific read." br> -Nathaniel Philbrick, author of i>In The Heart of the Sea/i> /b> br>br> 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. br>br> i>Oil and Ice/i> 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.BR>BR>b>"Peter Nichols has crafted a terrifyingly relevant historical narrative...A terrific read." br> -Nathaniel Philbrick, author of i>In The Heart of the Sea/i> /b> br>br> 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. br>br> i>Oil and Ice/i> 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.
