Charlotte Award In the early 1800s, people began to harvest ice, store it in ways that limited melting, and transport it to homes and businesses.
Illustrated with black-and-white archival photographs..
Internationally, his books have sold more than three million copies.
About the Author: Laurence Pringle has written more than one hundred books for children and teenagers, many of them award-winning science titles.
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.
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.
In this riveting book, acclaimed writer Laurence Pringle describes the key inventions and ideas that helped the ice Business flourish.
Eventually, almost everyone had an icebox, and a huge, vital ice Business grew.
Charlotte Award In the early 1800s, people began to harvest ice, store it in ways that limited melting, and transport it to homes and businesses
