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Language: English
Published by Scribner, 2008
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- Title
- The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession
- Author
- Adam Leith Gollner
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 074329694X
- ISBN 13
- 9780743296946
- Item weight
- 1.07 pounds
A historical account of the role of fruit in the modern world explores the political machinations of multi-national corporations in distributing exotic fruits, the life of mass-produced fruits, and the author's own experience with unusual varieties that are unavailable in America. 75,000 first printing.
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Slipping from travel writing mode to investigative journalism, he also digs into the darker side of the story, reporting on the banana growers funding Colombian terrorism, the scale of international fruit smuggling, the struggle to conserve biodiversity... Gollner's passion for the subject bursts through in every line. The zingy facts just keep coming.
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