Weightman tells the story of the frozen-water trade through the remarkable life of Frederick Tudor, the wealthy Boston "Ice King" who had a crucial role in establishing this booming industry in 19th-century America.
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Weightman tells the story of the frozen-water trade through the remarkable life of Frederick Tudor, the wealthy Boston "Ice King" who had a crucial role in establishing this booming industry in 19th-century America.
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This is a well-told story, by an Englishman, of the spirit of enterprise and dogged determination in 19th Cy America--a spirit often scorned and skanced by the 'Mother Country.' In this scarcely c redible but entirely true tale, one man realizes that ice--ordinary lake ice, available by the long ton all over New England for practically nothing--can make him rich if only he can sell it. He turns it into a product, is nearly bankrupted several times, but eventually ships his ice to England, where Wenham Lake ice becomes THE 'brand' (terroir ice--are you kidding? No.) and as far as India, to cool the fevers of the Raj. And, God bless him, he dies rich! The only thing Weightman missed, I think, is an old-time idiom from that era and industry: 'cuts no ice.'
