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In the vein of Mark Kurlansky's bestselling Salt and Cod, a gripping chronicle of the myth, mystery, and uncertain fate of the world&#8217s most popular fruit In this fascinating and surprising exploration of the banana&#8217s history, cultural significance, and endangered future, award-winning journalist Dan Koeppel gives readers plenty of food for thought. Fast-paced and highly entertaining, Banana takes us from jungle to supermarket, from corporate boardrooms to kitchen tables around the world. We begin in the Garden of Eden&#8212examining scholars&#8217 belief that Eve&#8217s &#8220apple&#8221 was actually a banana&#8212 and travel to early-twentieth-century Central America, where aptly named &#8220banana republics&#8221 rose and fell over the crop, while the companies now known as Chiquita and Dole conquered the marketplace. Koeppel then chronicl

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