00802cam a2200205 4500 503767178 TxAuBib 20120630120000.0 070919s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781594630385 1594630380 TxAuBib Koeppel, Dan. Banana : the fate of the fruit that changed the world / Dan Koeppel. New York : Hudson Street Press, 2008. 281 p. : ill. From its early beginnings in Southeast Asia, to the machinations of the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica and Central America, the banana's history and its fate as a victim of fungus are explored. 20120630. Bananas.