Introduction -- Part 1. The Birth of an Obsession -- The man who would be ice king ; Blasphemous ice ; The iceman cometh ; Highways, holidays, and the cheap-ice revolution ; Part 2. Food and Drink -- The inside scoop ; "Culture in a glass" ; On the rocks ; Fire and ice ; Part 3. Ice Sports -- Fancy figures ; Cork-bungs, brooms, and zambonis ; The need for speed ; Part 4. The Future of Ice -- Fevers, freezers, and Frankenstein ; TV dinners, Henry David Thoreau, and a swiftly warming planet ; Flammable ice ; Conclusion.
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