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The Ice King Cometh: Frederic Tudor, Father of the Ice Industry

Bramen, Lisa · Smithsonian Magazine · 2 March 2011

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The Frederic Tudor story behind the chapter’s example of judgement arriving before a market. He was not merely selling ice; he was persuading people that cold itself could be useful.

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Bramen, Lisa. 'The Ice King Cometh: Frederic Tudor, Father of the Ice Industry.' Smithsonian Magazine, 2 March 2011.