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Dow Baker and the great banana fleet;: The story of the Yankee skipper who befriended an island and introduced bananas to America


Book Description
A biography of the nineteenth-century sea captain who introduced the banana to the United States by being the first to ship the fruit from Jamaica.
Book Information
PublisherStackpole Books
BindingHardcover
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages128
ISBN-100811705323
ISBN-13978-0811705325
Publication Date/1972
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About Charles Morrow Wilson (Author) : Charles Morrow Wilson is a published author. Published credits of Charles Morrow Wilson include Green Treasures: Adventures in the Discovery of Edible Plants and Dow Baker and the great banana fleet;:... more
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