Frostiana: or a history of the River Thames in a frozen state
By George Davis · Running time 02:45:17 · Modern (19th C)
Audio streams directly from the Internet Archive. Recording by LibriVox volunteers (public domain). The text is in the public domain in the USA; please check the copyright laws of your country.
About this book
The frost fair of 1814 began on 1 February, and lasted four days. A printer named George Davis published a 124-page book, "Frostiana; or a History of the River Thames in a Frozen State". The entire book was type-set and printed in Davis's printing stall, which had been set up on the frozen Thames. The book is a written history of London's frost fairs, interspersed with humorous, cold-related sections including "How to Make Ice Cream" and "The Art of Ice Skating". - Summary by Wikipedia, Lewis Fletcher
Description from the LibriVox catalogue.
Chapters and downloads on LibriVox →
You might also like
- County RegimentDudley Landon Vaill · 1:53:55
- Fourteen Months in American BastilesFrancis Key Howard · 3:21:00
- Chronicles of Canada Volume 17 - Tecumseh: A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His PeopleEthel T. Raymond · 3:00:04
- Three Accounts of PeterlooFrancis Archibald Bruton · 2:08:26
- Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far NorthStephen Leacock · 3:19:04
- My Hunt After 'The Captain'Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. · 2:11:45
- Chronicles of Canada Volume 23 - The Cariboo Trail: A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British ColumbiaAgnes C. Laut · 02:24:40
- Chronicles of Canada Volume 21 - The Red River Colony: A Chronicle of the Beginnings of ManitobaLouis Aubrey Wood · 02:59:39