When Banana Was King (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789768202505)

When Banana Was King looks at a time when Jamaicans battled Americans for control of the billion-dollar banana trade. They battled in boardrooms and battled on wharves with knives and guns over the tasty, strangely shaped fruit. The most controversial of the banana men back then was Jamaican, A.C. Goffe. Love him or hate him, A.C. Goffe was, an observer noted, one of the Jamaicans who "crossed the Frontiers, put Jamaica beyond the pale of the primitive and brought the country into modern trade, commerce and business."

Author: Leslie Gordon Goffe
ISBN-10: 9768202505
ISBN-13: 9789768202505
Publisher: LMH Publishers
Language: English
Published: 09/28/2007
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d