Q: What is Oil and Ice about?

\\\"Peter Nichols has crafted a terrifyingly relevant historical narrative...A terrific read.\\\" -Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In The Heart of the Sea 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. 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.

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What is Oil and Ice about?

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\"Peter Nichols has crafted a terrifyingly relevant historical narrative...A terrific read.\"
-Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In The Heart of the Sea

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.

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.

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What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Oil and Ice?

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History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Oil and Ice?

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Peter Nichols

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Penguin Publishing Group

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Oil and Ice is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780399156021) and paperback(ISBN 9780143118367) and ebook(ISBN 9781101148808) and ebook(ISBN 9781101460955)

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