Dow Baker and the great banana fleet
Subtitle: the story of the Yankee skipper who befriended an island and introduced bananas to America.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 1972
Place of publication: [Harrisburg, Pa.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Baker, Lorenzo Dow, 1840-1908 -- Juvenile literature.; Baker, Lorenzo Dow, 1840-1908.; Bananas -- Juvenile literature.; Bananas.; Merchant mariners.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
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.