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Banana by Dan Koeppel

Banana

The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

by Dan Koeppel
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  • Jan 1, 2008, 304 pages
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  • Jan 2009, 304 pages
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Which brings us to our next chapter, about the banana plant itself and how it lends itself to cultivation.

Reprinted by arrangement with Hudson Street Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., from Banana by Dan Koeppel. Copyright © Dan Koeppel, 2008.

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