Widespread commercial distribution of ice was so new that 300 tons of the precious commodity melted at one port while cu — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Widespread commercial distribution of ice was so new that 300 tons of the precious commodity melted at one port while cu — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Widespread commercial distribution of ice was so new that 300 tons of the precious commodity melted at one port while cu — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Widespread commercial distribution of ice was so new that 300 tons of the precious commodity melted at one port while cu — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Widespread commercial distribution of ice was so new that 300 tons of the precious commodity melted at one port while cu — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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Widespread commercial distribution of ice was so new that 300 tons of the precious commodity melted at one port while customs officials tried to figure out how to classify it.

— Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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