Ann Lovell's Fabulous Banana Bibliography


April 27, 2008
These are books and articles in my collection.

Abella, Alex. The Total Banana. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979.

About Bananas; For the School Class Room. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1930.

About Bananas. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1931. (2 copies)

About Bananas. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1936.

About Bananas, For the School Class Room. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1930.

Adams, Frederick Upham. Conquest of the Tropics, The Story of the Creative Enterprises Conducted by the United Fruit Company. Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Page and Company, 1914.

"Adventures of Good King Banana, Friend of Little Folk," [cartoon] Child Life, May 1930.

All-Time Favorite Banana Recipes. Franklin, TN : Dalmation Press, 2005.

Ancona, George. Bananas from Manolo to Margie. New York : Clarion Books, 1982.

Anderson, Barbara J. "Yes! Bunches and Bunches of Bananas on Stamps." Linn's Stamp News, May 26, 2003, p. 48.

Andress, J. Mace and Julia E. Dickson. Radio Bound for Banana Land. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1932. (2 copies)

Andress, J. Mace and Julia E. Dickson. Radio Bound for Banana Land. New York : United Fruit Company, 1942.

Anna Banana. Twenty Years of Fooling Around with Anna Banana. Vancouver, BC : Anna Banana, 1990. (2 copies)

Anna Banana. Why Bananas? Wedgepress & Cheese, 1986.

Answers to Questions Frequently Asked About Bananas. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, [193?].

Answers to Questions Frequently Asked About Bananas. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, [194?].

Answers to Questions Frequently Asked About Bananas. New York : United Fruit Company, 1950.

Answers to Questions Frequently Asked About Bananas. New York : United Fruit Company, 1951.

Answers to Questions Frequently Asked About Bananas. New York : United Fruit Company, 1956.

Arthur, Joe. The Bananas Dating Test. New York : A Bananas Book From Scholastic Paperbacks, 1982.

Austin, W. Timothy. Banana Justice; Field Notes on Philippine Crime and Custom. Westport, CT : Praeger, 1999.

The Australian Banana Industry (poster). Melbourne : Melbourne Banana Promotion Bureau, [n.d.].

The Australian Banana-Paw Paw Recipe Book. Huonville, Australia : Southern Holdings Pty Ltd, 1994.

Bake a Batch of Banana Quick Breads. New York : United Fruit Company, [1947?]. (2 copies)

Banana Book. (Baby Looney Tunes). Ashland, OH : Landoll, Inc., 1997. (2 copies)

The Banana Book. Souvenir of Coffs Harbour. New South Wales, Australia : Kororo Parents and Citizens Association/Dunalbe Press Pty, [n.d.].

Banana Delights. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, [194?].

Banana Favorites. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, [n.d.].

Banana Flip, A New Dance Creation. Chicago : Grennan Bakeries, Inc., 1939.

Banana Frozen Deserts. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1941.

Banana Frozen Deserts. Boston : MeloRipe Fruit Company, [n.d.].

Banana Frozen Deserts. Boston : MeloRipe Fruit Company, 1940.

Banana Frozen Deserts. Boston : MeloRipe Fruit Company, 1941.

Banana Hits. Oakland, CA : Safeway Stores Homemakers Bureau, [n.d.].

"The Banana Man" U.S. Kids, June 1997, pp. 16-17.

"Banana Miracle Cures" The Sun, February 20, 2001, p. 29.

"The Banana, or Plantain" The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge" London : The Office of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, September 29, 1832.

"Banana Rama" Good Housekeeping, April 1999, pp. 168-177.

Banana Recipes. Jamaica : The Agency for Public Information, Government of Jamaica, 1975.

Banana Recipes. Melbourne, Australia : The Commonwealth Banana Committee, [194?].

Banana Recipes. London : Elders and Fyffes, Ltd., [n.d.].

Banana Recipes for Large Quantity Service. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1948.

Banana Recipes for Your Diet. United Fruit Company, [n. d]. (2 copies)

Banana Recipes - King of Fast Food. Melbourne : Iona Books for La Manna Bananas Pty Ltd., 1996.

Banana Rye Bread; For Persons Allergic to Eggs, Wheat and Milk. New York : United Fruit Company, 1951.

Banana Salad Bazaar. Boston : MeloRipe Fruit Company, [n.d.] (2 copies)

Banana Salad Bazaar. Boston : MeloRipe Fruit Company, 1940.

Banana Salad Bazaar. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, [n.d.].

Banana Salad Bazaar. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1940. (2 copies)

Banana Salad Bazaar. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1941. (2 copies)

Banana Specialties. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, [n.d.].

Banana Specialites. Boston : MeloRipe Fruit Company, [n.d.].

The Banana Story [with worksheet]. New York : United Fruit Company, [195?].

Banana Surprises - A Joy to Make - A Delight to Serve. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, [n.d.].

Bananaland - Middle America [wall chart with worksheet]. New York : United Fruit Company, 1951 (2 copies)

"Bananaman" from The Dandy Annual 2004. London : D. C. Thomson & Co., Ltd., 2003.

Bananas. International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain/International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (INIBAP/IPGRI), 2000. (4 copies)

Bananas. [London] : Southwater, 2000.

Bananas, a Book of Recipes. New York : Lorenz Books, 1997.

Bananas, a Food Children Need. Boston : United Fruit Company, [193?].

Bananas Aren't Just for Monkeys. Billings, MT : The Pack Trail Inn, [n.d.].

"Bananas Banana Fighter!" Concept, model and kit design parody by Jim Wilson. Bananas, number 29, 1979, pp 32-33.

Bananas Cookbook - 101 Recipes with Bananas. Waverly, Iowa : CQ Products, 2003.

Bananas, Cooked and Otherwise. Boston : MeloRipe Fruit Company, [n.d.].

Bananas For Us [with worksheet]. New York : United Fruit Company, [195?].

Bananas...How to Serve Them. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1940.

Bananas...How to Serve Them. Boston : Meloripe Fruit Company, 1941.

Bananas...How to Serve Them. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1941. (2 copies).

Bananas...How to Serve Them. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1942. (2 copies)

Bananas...How to Serve Them. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1947 (2 copies).

Bananas in the Modern Manner, Recipes, Menus and Suggestions for Housewife and Hostess. New York : Banana Growers Association, 1930. (3 copies)

Bananas, Recipes and Information. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1941.

Bananas, Recipes and Menu Suggestions. Boston : MeloRipe Fruit Company, [n.d.].

Bananas, Recipes for Institutional Service and Menus. North River, NY : United Fruit Co., 1954.

Bananas Take a Bow. New York : MeloRipe Fruit Company, [n.d.]. (2 copies)

Bananas Take a Bow. Boston : MeloRipe Fruit Company, 1939.

Bananas Take a Bow. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, [n.d.].

Bananas Take a Bow. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1939. (2 copies)

Bananas Take a Bow Supplement. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1939.

Bananas Take a Bow Supplement. Boston : MeloRipe Fruit Company, 1939.

Bananas, To Miss Good Cook Everywhere. [Boston] : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1913.

Bananas, Versatile in Health or Illness, a Review of Scientific Literature. New York : United Fruit Company, 1959 [photocopy].

Banta, Susan. Bananas. Racine, WI : Western Publishing Company, 1994. (3 copies)

Barash, Cathy Wilkinson. "Going Bananas!" Country Living Gardener, February 1996, pp. 56-61+.

Baxter, Tracy. "The Hidden Life of Bananas." Sierra, September/October 1998, pp. 62-63.

Be Bold With Bananas. New York : Crescent Books, [n.d.]. (2 copies)

Beach, Mary. Electric Banana. Cherry Valley, NY : Cherry Valley Editions, 1975.

Beach, Mary. "Gothic Bananas," Bananas (London), January/February 1975, p. 14. Editor: Emma Tennant.

Beach, Mary. A Two-Fisted Banana: Electric & Gothic. Cherry Valley, NY : Cherry Valley Editions, 1980, c1975.

Beaver, Patrick. Yes! We Have Some; The Story of Fyffes. Cutting-Hill, England : Publications for Companies, 1976.

Behm, Holger & Werner Tammen. Alles Banane. Berlin : Rotbuch Verlag, 1990.

Berry, Alana, ed. Go Bananas! Cookbook. Nashville : Lisa Alana Berry, 1992.

Big Banana News! New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, [n.d.]. (1960s?)

Berry, Alana, ed. Go Bananas! Cookbook. Nashville : Runaway Press, 1995 (2nd edition).

Big Banana News! New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, [n.d.].

Black, Dana Yuen. The Banana Book. Hilo, Hawaii : The Petroglyph Press Ltd., 1988. (2 copies)

Blegvad, Lenore. Anna Banana and Me. New York : Aladdin Books, 1985.

Bluh, Bonnie. Banana, A Novel. New York : Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc., 1976.

Blyton, Enid. The Banana Robber and Other Stories. London : Award Publications, Limited, 1988, c1943.

Bogert, L. Jean. Dietary Uses of the Banana in Health and Disease. New York : United Fruit Company, 1935.

Bogert, L. Jean. Dietary Uses of The Banana in Health and Disease, A Review of Scientific Literature. New York : United Fruit Company, 1942 (revised and enlarged edition).

Browne, Anthony. Willy the Dreamer. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 1998, c1997.

Brownlee, Shannon. "The Best Banana Bred." Atlantic Monthly, Sept. 1989. pp. 22-28.

A Bunch of Bananas. (I Pass This On To You). Kingston-on-Thames : The Women's Gas Federation, [n.d.].

Bury, Herbert. A Bishop Amongst Bananas. London : Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., Ltd., 1911.

Byrd, Jane. "I Want A Banana!" U.S. Kids, June 1997, p. 18.

Canine, Craig. "Building a Better Banana." Smithsonian, October, 2005, pp. 96-104.

Care and Display of Bananas. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1955.

"Carmen Miranda On My Mind: International Politics of the Banana," Bananas, Beaches and Bases. by Cynthia Enloe. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000. pp 124-150.

Catto, Max. The Banana Men. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1967.

Chapman, Peter. Bananas; How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World. Edinburgh, Scotland : Canongate, 2007.

Chiquita Banana Coloring Book. Waltham, Massachusettes : American Publishing Corporation, 1970.

Chiquita Banana Cookbook. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1960. (3 copies)

Chiquita Banana Cookbook. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1962.

Chiquita Banana Cookbook. New York : Avon Books, 1974. (3 copies)

Chiquita Banana Presents 12 Recipes from Her Minute Movies. New York : United Fruit Company, [no date].

Chiquita Banana Presents 18 Recipes from Her Minute Movies. New York : United Fruit Company, 1951. (4 copies)

Chiquita Banana's Cookbook. New York : United Fruit Company, 1959.

Chiquita Banana's Recipe Book. New York : United Fruit Company, 1950. (6 copies)

Chiquita Bananas's Recipe Book. New York : United Fruit Company, 1954.

Chiquita Banana's Recipe Book. New York : United Fruit Company, 1956. (4 copies)

Chiquita Banana's Rise 'n Shine Guide. Chiquita Brands, Inc. 1971.

Chiquita Brand Bananas. Boston : United Fruit Sales Corporation, 1969.

Chiquita Cookbook: A Collection of Chiquita Banana Recipes from Associates Around the World. Kearney, NE : Cookbooks by Morris Press, 1996.

Chiquita Mashed Banana Simple Recipes. Boston : United Fruit and Food Corporation, [n.d.-1960s?].

Chiquita's 100% Pure Mashed Banana in Baked Goods. New York : American Home Foods, 1959.

Chomsky, Aviva. West Indian Workers and the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica 1870-1940. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1996.

Cole, Joanna. Anna Banana: 101 Jump-Rope Rhymes. New York : Beech Tree Books, 1991, c1989. (2 copies)

Colin, Paul, Josephine Baker and La Revue Negre: Paul Colin's Lithographs of Le Tumulte Noir in Paris, 1927. New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1998.

Colourful Banana-Picture-Book. Guayaquil, Ecuador : Direccion Nacional del Banano (National Banana Board), [n.d.].

Cook Bananas...and Win New Hostess Fame! [no publisher], [no date].

Corum, Ann Kondo. Folk Wisdom From Hawaii, Or, Don't Take Bananas on a Boat. Honolulu : The Bess Press, 1985.

Craig, Elizabeth. Banana Dishes. London : Herbert Jenkins, 1962.

Critten, Larry. "Three Bananas." Alfred Hitchcock Mystery. May 1995 (pp. 44-60).

Crowther, Samuel. The Romance and Rise of the American Tropics.Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929.

The Culture of the Banana, The Plant: Its Development, and Diseases. Lecture by Dr. Darnell-Smith, July 4, 1922. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia : John Spence, Acting Government Printer, 1922.

Cutler, Katherine N. In Search of a Banana Blossom. Rocky Hill, N.J. : Mountain Lion Inc., 1992.

Davies, Gareth and Tim Clark. Official Banana Recipe Book. Uckfield, East Sussex, England : Uckfield Lions Banana Fan Club U.K., [n.d.].

Davies, Peter N. Fyffes and the Banana: Musa Sapientum: A Centenary History 1888-1988. London : The Athlone Press, 1990.

DeBold, Richard. The Banana Shooter, A Novel. Higganum, CT : DeBold Line, Inc., 1992.

Dinces, Abby Duchin. "Bananas Reveal Their Dark Side," Cooking Light, March 1997, pp. 108-113.

The Dole Banana Bonanza. Honolulu : Castle and Cooke, Inc., 1977.

Dosal, Paul J. Doing Business With the Dictators. Wilmington, DE : Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1993.

Drinkard, Michael. Green Bananas. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.

Duncan, David Ewing. "The Banana Crusade." Seed, July/August 2003, Issue 7, pp. 72-77, 106.

Eight New Banana Recipes Guaranteed to Start Conversation. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1930.

Elffers, Joost and Saxton Freymann. Play With Your Food Postcard Book. New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1997. [features 5 banana postcards]

Emery-Waterhouse, Frances. Banana Paradise. New York : Stephen-Paul Pulishers, 1947.

Enloe, Cynthia. Bananas, Beaches and Bases. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1990.

Enloe, Cynthia. Bananas, Beaches and Bases. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000.

Erskine, Jim and George Moran. Fold a Banana, and 146 Other Things to Do When You're Bored. New York : Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., Publishers, 1978 (2 copies)

Erskine, Jim and George Moran. Fold a Banana...Today! London : Frederick Muller Limited, 1979.

Everyday Banana Recipes. New Orleans : Bauerlein, Inc. 1927. (2 copies)

Fahy, Christopher. One Day in the Short Happy Life of Anna Banana, and Other Maine StoriesThomaston, ME : Coastwise Press, 1988. 2 copies

Famous Foods From New England, and Some News Food Ideas from Chiquita Banana. New York : United Fruit Company, [1947?].

Farmer, Jacqueline. Bananas! Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge Publishing, 1999. (hb & pb)

Farney, Teresa J. "Banana Bonanza." The News Tribune, September 10, 2003, p. E1, E4.

Faulkner, Keith. The Mouse Who Ate Bananas. New York : Orchard Books/Scholastic, Inc., 2000.

Favorite Banana Recipes and Interesting Stories of New England Presented by Chiquita Banana. New York : United Fruit Company, [n.d.].

Favorite Banana Recipes from Famous New England Inns Presented by Chiquita Banana. New York : United Fruit Company, 1949.

Favorite Banana Recipes from Famous New England Kitchens Presented by Chiquita Banana. New York : United Fruit Company, 1951.

Feldman, Elane. Going Bananas, The Complete Banana Cookbook. New York : Universe Books, 1978.

Ferguson, James. "A Case of Bananas." Geographical, January 1993, pp. 49-52.

Fifty Recipes for Bananas. London : Martin Books/Simon & Schuster International Group/Sainsbury, 1989.

Flora, Sherrill B. Bananaphone. (Learning With Raffi). Grand Rapids, MI : Instructional Fair/TS Dennison, 1997.

The Food Value of the Banana. 2nd edition. Boston : W. M. Leonard, 1926.

The Food Value of the Banana. 4nd edition. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1928. (2 copies)

Fox, Dennis N. Totally Bananas : The Funny Fruit in American History and Culture. [Philadelphia] : Xlibris Corporation, 2002.

Frank, Dana. Bananeras; Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America. Cambridge, MA : South End Press, 2005.

Freymann, Saxton and Joost Elffers. Play With Your Food Postcard Book. New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1997. [features 5 banana postcards]

From the Tropics to Your Table, 83 Tested Banana Recipes - Eighty-three Tested Banana Recipes. Fruit Dispatch Company, 1926. (6 copies)

Fruit Dispatch, A Magazine of Service. September 1922. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1922.

Fruit Dispatch, A Magazine of Service. October 1927. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1927. [features 7 articles about marketing bananas]

Fruit Dispatch Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, 1898-1923. (Fruit Dispatch, v. 9, no. 8, 1923) New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1923.

Furniss, Charlie. "Battling the Banana Plague," Geographical Magazine, February 2007, pp. 59-63.

The Fyffes Banana Story. London : Elders & Fyffes, Ltd., [n.d.].

Fyffes Blue Label Brand Party Time Recipe Book. "Printed in England." [n.d.-1960s?].

Fyffes; the World's Oldest Fruit Brand. [UK] : Fyffes Dundalk, 1999. (3 copies)

Get Together Dinner On Board the T.E.S. Veragua. (Banana-bunch shaped menu). At Sea - November 17, 1950. United Fruit Company, The Great White Fleet.

Gilson, Jamie. Do Bananas Chew Gum? New York : An Archway Paperback by Pocket Books, 1981, c1980.

Goebel, Wulf. Alles Banane; Art und Alltag des gelben Dings. Heidelberg : Edition Braus, 1995.

Goffe, Leslie Gordon. When Banana Was King; A Jamaican Banana King in Jim Crow America. Kingston, Jamaica : LMH Publishing Limited, 2007.

Goldberg, Mark H. "Going Bananas," 100 Years of American Fruit Ships in the Caribbean. Kings Point, NY : The American Merchant Marine Museum, 1993.

Golden, Lilly, editor. A Literary Feast; An Anthology. "Banana Breakfasts" from Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993, pp. 214-220.

Gonzales, Lori. "Bad Banana Bread." Jack and Jill. September 1999, pp. 8-9.

Gonzales, Lori. "Bad Bananas." Jack and Jill. September 1999, pp. 4-7.

Green Gold of the Tropics. (investor prospectus) Los Angeles : Lake Gatun Banana Company, [1924].

Green, Roger. Hydra and the Bananas of Leonard Cohen. New York : Basic Books, 2003.

Guide to Banana Ripeness. Merchandising Department, United Fruit Sales Corporation, [1970s?].

Gutman, Roy. Banana Diplomacy : The Making of American Policy in Nicaragua 1981-1987. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1988.

Hader, Berta and Elmer. Green and Gold, The Story of the Banana. New York : The Macmillan Company, 1936.

Hamilton, Jill. Little Caribbean Cookbook. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1990.

Harrison, Mick. Banana Thinking, Creative & Innovative Concepts for Personal Effectiveness. Tulsa : Trade Life Books, 1996.

Hartz, Jon and Jan Tonnesen. Bananarama #1. Lakeside, CA : Hartz & Tonnesen, 1979.

Havabanana! New York : United Fruit Company, [196?].

Heide, Florence Parry. Banana Blitz. Toronto : A Bantam Skylark Book, 1984, c1983. (3 copies)

Heide, Florence Parry. Banana Twist. New York : Random House, 1978.

Heinrich, Arthur & Klaus Naumann. Alles Banane - Ausblicke auf das Endgultige Deutschland. Koln, Germany : PapyRossa Verlag, 1990.

High Times, "High Times Goes Bananas" [3 articles], September 1978.

Hill, Janet McKenzie. A Few Selected Banana Recipes. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1922.

Hoff, Syd. Pedro and the Bananas. New York : Putnam, 1972.

Hoffman, Rosekrans. Anna Banana. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.

Hollenhorst, Linda. "Growin' Bananas." Organic Gardening, September 1989, pp. 54-60.

Holliday, Zeke. "Go Bananas! Yummy Yellow Fruit Beats Bunches of Ailments," Sun, August 26, 1997, p. 15.

How Bananas Grow [with worksheet]. New York : United Fruit Company, [195?].

How The Right Care of Bananas Will Increase Winter Profits! Fruit Dispatch Company, 1928. (8 copies)

Howe, James. The Day the Teacher Went Bananas. New York : E. P. Dutton, 1984.

Howlett, Lee Ann. "No More Bananas? Oh, No!" U.S. Kids, June 1997, pp. 14-15.

International Banana Festival [program], 29th, September 1991. Fulton, KY and South Fulton, TN : Chamber of Commerceof the Twin Cities.

International Banana Festival [program], 30th, September 1992. Fulton, KY and South Fulton, TN : Chamber of Commerce of the Twin Cities.

It's Bananas Time. Racine, WI : Western Publishing Company (A Golden Book). 1996.

Jenkins, Virginia Scott. Bananas, An American History. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000.

"Josephine Baker and Paul Colin: African American Dance Seen Through Parisian Eyes," by Karen C.C. Dalton and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Critical Inquiry. Volume 24, No. 4, Summer 1998 (pp. 903-934).

Journey to Banana Land [visual unit and manual]. New York : United Fruit Company, [195?].

Kane, J. J. "Banana Appeal." High Times, September 1978, pp. 56-60.

Katschke, Judy. Disney's Tarzan Goes Bananas. New York : Disney Press, 1999. [3 copies]

Kaye, Barrie. Boa: The Memoirs of a Banana Planter in Remote West Africa. Waplington, York, England : K Books, 2000.

Keller, Charles, comp. Ballpoint Bananas and Other Jokes for Kids. New York : Prentice Hall Books for Young Readers, 1973.

Keller, Charles and Richard Baker, comp. The Star Spangled Banana and Other Revolutionary Riddles. Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1974.

Kepner, Charles David. Social Aspects of the Banana Industry. New York : Columbia University Press, 1936.

Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Bananas Recipes. Battle Creek, Michigan : Kellogg Company, 1948.

Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Bananas Recipes. Battle Creek, Michigan : Kellogg Company, 1950.

Kimura, Katsu. Katsu Kimura's Works Booox. Berlin : Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1991. (2 copies)

Klingel, Cynthia & Robert B. Noyed. Bananas (Wonder Books). Chanhassen, MN : The Child's World, Inc., 2001.

Know More About Bananas, A Handbook for Food Dealers. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, [n.d.].

Koeppel, Dan. Banana; The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World. New York : Hudson Street Press, 2008.

Komaiko, Leah. Annie Bananie. New York : A Harper Trophy Book, Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987.

Landau, Elaine. Bananas. (A True Book). Danbury, CT : Children's Press/Grolier, 1999.

Langley, Lester D. and Thomas Schoonover. The Banana Men: American Mercenaries and Entrepreneurs in Central America, 1880-1930. Lexington, KY : The University Press of Kentucky, 1995.

Larmer, Brook. "Brawl Over Bananas," Newsweek, April 28, 1997, pp. 43-44.

Latimer, Dean. "Banana Republicanism." High Times, September 1978, pp. 64-69.

Lee, Melicent Humason. Children of Banana Land. New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1936.

Lessard, W. O. The Complete Book of Bananas. Homestead, Florida : W. O. Lessard, 1992.

Levergood, Carol. Green Bananas. Springfield, MO : Midwest Book Services, 1997.

Leverkus, Carol. The Nutritious Banana: Pointing the Way to Health. London : The Banana Group, [n.d.].

Levien, D. J. Swagbelly. New York : A Plume Book/Penguin Group, 2003.

Lindquist, Carol. The Banana Lover's Cookbook. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1993.

Loeve, Annalese. Work Wonders With Bananas. Pretoria, South Africa : The Banana Board, 1987, 3rd ed.

Lyke, M.L. "Banana Museum Testimony To a Passion For the Fruit," The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 2, 2000. pp. E1+

Mac Tin Tac #1, 1990. Montreal : Gogo Guy Publications. (10 copies)

Mac Tin Tac #2, September 1991. Do Bananas Have a Soul? Montreal : Gogo Guy Publications. (5 copies)

Mad Magazine, June 1968 (banana peel cover).

Magness, J. R. "Banana, Fruit of the Wise Men." National Geographic, Sept. 1951. pp. 358-359.

Mandrell, James. "Carmen Miranda Betwixt and Between, or, Neither Here Nor There." Latin American Literary Review, January-June 2001, pp. 26+.

Many Ways of Cooking Bananas. London : Elders and Fyffes, Ltd., [1911?]. [Alf Cooke, Ltd., Leeds and London]

Many Ways of Cooking Bananas. London : Elders and Fyffes, Ltd., [1912?]. [Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury--12/8846]

Many Ways of Cooking Bananas. London : Elders and Fyffes, Ltd., [1913?]. [Deverell, Sharpe and Gibson, Ltd., Bread St. Hill, E.C.-28712]

Many Ways of Cooking Bananas. London : Elders and Fyffes, Ltd., [1920?]. [The McAra Printing Co., Ltd., 46 Peartree Street, E.C. 1]

May, Stacy and Galo Plaza. The United Fruit Company in Latin America. Washington, DC : National Planning Association, 1958.

McCann, Thomas. An American Company, The Tragedy of United Fruit. New York : Crown Publishers, Inc., 1976.

McCarthy, Jenna. "Can Bananas Make You Fat?" Health, April 2001. pp. 52-57.

McHargue, Georges. Funny Bananas: The Mystery in the Museum. New York : Dell, Yearling, 1975.

McKay, Claude. Banana Bottom. New York : A Harvest Book/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1973, c1933.

McKay, Claude. Banana Bottom. San Diego : A Harvest/HBJ Book, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers, 1973, c1933. (2 copies)

McNeil, Donald G., "Better Bananas, Nicer Mosquitos," The New York Times. December 6, 2005, p. D1+.

Menendez, Ana. "The Perfect Fruit." In Cuba I was a German Shepherd. New York : Grove Press, 2001. pp. 49-74.

"Mellow Yellow." Newsweek, April 10, 1967. p. 93.

Merriles, Charles. "The Banana as a Food." Physical Culture, December 1908 (v. 20, no. 6). pp. 555-557.

Merriles, Charles. "The Banana as a Food." Special Edition for England of Macfadden Physical Development, January 1909, pp. 115-117. (Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England).

Montes, Luis. Bananas, The Fruit Empire of Wall Street. New York : International Pamphlets, 1933.

Moore, Eva. The Great Banana Cookbook for Boys and Girls. NY : Clarion Books, 1983.

Moran, George. The Museum of Modern Bananas. George Moran, 1985. (2 copies)

Moz-Muse. (Muse on Bananas). Exhibition catalog, September-November 1997, Seamgallery, Moshav Megadim, Israel. With the assistance of The Fruit Board of Israel, Tel Aviv, 1997.

Mozley, Abigail (editor). Bananas, The Literary Magazine. No. 20, April 1980. London : Bananas Publishing/Abigail Mozley Ltd., 1980.

National Lampoon, Volume 1, No. 43, October 1973. (Van Gogh/banana cover).

National Lampoon, Volume 2, No. 124, February 1991. (banana assembly line cover)

The New Banana. New York : United Fruit Company Bananas, 1931.

New Banana Treats and How to Prepare Them. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, [1931?].

New Tempting Ways to Serve Bananas. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1939.

New Ways to Use Bananas. A&P Menu, April 15, 1937.

Noonus, Amy. One Banana, A Jungle Counting Book. [Includes CD-ROM]. New York : GT Publishing Corporation, 1997.

O'Byrne, Denis. "Carnarvon Goes Bananas." This Australia, Spring 1988, pp. 62-64.

Olaleye, Isaac. Bitter Bananas. Honesdale, PA : Boyds Mills Press, Inc., 1994.

O'Neill, Molly. "Top Banana." The New York Times Magazine, March 12, 2000, pp. 71-72.

100 + 1 Banana Recipes. Quezon City, Philippines : New Day Publishers, 1977.

Parent, Nancy. Let's Go Bananas! Paradise Press, 2002.

Pearce, Fred. "Going Bananas." New Scientist, Jan. 18, 2003, pp. 26-29.

People Like Bananas. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1968.

Perry, William M., Until Bananas Turn to Ink. St. Louis, MO : Molecule Farm Press, 1996.

Pest Control in Bananas. London : Pans, 1971.

Poetry, March 2008 (drawing of banana peel on cover by Aurel Schmidt).

Pownall, David. The Bunch From Bananas. New York : Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1981, c1980. (2 copies)

Price, Ernest. Bananaland. London : The Carey Press, 1932.

Purcell, Trevor W. Banana Fallout: Class, Color, and Culture Among West Indians. Los Angeles : Center for Afro-American Studies Publication, 1993.

Quesada, Roberto. The Big Banana. Houston : Arte Publico Press, 1999.

Quick, Susan. Go Bananas! New York : Broadway Books, 2000.

Raichlen, Steven. "Yes, We Have New Bananas." Eating Well, February 1993, pp. 64-71.

Rather, Clif & Lois. Oh Yes, We Have Bananas! Oakland, CA : The Rather Press, 1974. (2 copies)

Recipes You Can Easily Make with Bananas. Murwillumbah, N.S.W. [Australia] : Banana Grower's Federation Co-op, Ltd., 1947.

Reed, Giles. The Banana Bunch. Windermere, FL : Rourke Publications, Inc., 1981, c1979.

Reese, Bob. Going Bananas. (Going Ape Books). Provo, UT : ARO Publishing, 1983.

Reynolds, Philip Keep. The Banana, Its History, Cultivation and Place Among Staple Foods. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927. (2 copies)

Reynolds, Philip Keep. Banana Chart Manual: A Teacher's Guide for Use with Banana Chart. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1927.

Reynolds, Philip Keep. Earliest Evidence of Banana Culture. (Supplement to the Journal of the American Oriental Society, No. 12, December 1951. Baltimore : The American Oriental Society, 1951.

Reynolds, Philip Keep. The Story of the Banana. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1927 (4th revised edition).

Reynolds, Philip Keep. The Story of the Banana (Commodities of Commerce Series #2). Washington, DC : [USGPO?], 1928. (2 copies)

Risk, Mary. I Want My Banana!/Quiero Mi Platano! New York : Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 1996.

Robertshaw, Peter. "Africa's Earliest Bananas." Archaeology. September/October 2006, pp. 25-29.

Robson, Pam. Banana (What's for Lunch?). London : Children's Press/Grolier, 1997.

Rooted in America: Foodlore of Popular Fruits and Vegetables. Knoxville, TN : University of Tennessee Press, 1999. (Includes chapter on Bananas by Virginia S. Jenkins, pp. 23-39.)

Rosenblatt, Andy. "The Banana Boat Connection." High Times, September 1978, pp. 52-55.

Roueche, Berton. "The Humblest Fruit." (Profiles - The Banana). The New Yorker, October 1, 1973 (pp. 43-56).

Rox, Henry. Banana Circus. London : Hammond, Hammond & Company, Ltd., [n.d.].

Rox, Henry. Banana Circus. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1940.

Russell, Solveig Paulson. About Bananas. Chicago : Melmont Publishers, Inc., 1968.

Scarry, Richard. Bananas Gorilla's Sounds. New York : Simon Spotlight, 1999.

Scarry, Richard. Richard Scarry's Bananas Gorilla. Racine, WI : Western Publishing Company (A Golden Book), Inc., 1992. (3 copies)

Scarry, Richard. Richard Scarry's Floating Bananas. Racine, WI : Western Publishing Company (A Golden Book), 1993.

Scarry, Richard. Richard Scarry's Missing Bananas. New York : Simon Spotlight/Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2000.

Scherf, Margaret. The Beaded Banana. London : Keyhole Crime, 1982, c1978.

Schlesinger, Stephen and Stephen Kinzer. Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1998.

Schmidt, David. Going Bananas, A Collection of Photographs With Appeal. Richmond, VA : David Schmidt Photography, 1992.

Sedgwick, Stephanie Witt. "Yes! We Have Nice Bananas; And They Got That Way in Ripening Rooms." The Washington Post, Feb. 3, 1999. pp. F1+

Selected Banana Recipes for Appetizing and Nutritious Dishes. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1923. (2 copies)

Senn, C. Herman. 101 Ways of Cooking Bananas. London : Food and Cookery Publishing Co., [192?]. (4 copies, various years)

Senn, C. Herman. Simple and Dainty Currants and Banana Recipes. [London?],[n.d.].

Serve Bananas in "Latest Style." New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1941 (2 copies).

Seven, Richard. "A Hobby With A Peel - She's Bananas About That Fruit, And She Hasn't Slipped Up Yet." The Seattle Times, May 9, 1997. pp. E1+

Sheehan, Susan and Howard Means. The Banana Sculptor, the Purple Lady, and the All-Night Swimmer. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2002.

Shepard, Reba E. Banana Cookbook. London : Macmillan/Caribbean, 1989, c1986.

A Short History of the Banana, and a Few Recipes for Its Use. Recipes by Janet McKenzie Hill. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1904. (2 copies)

Sicherman, Al. "Bananarama! Yes, We Have Some Bananas, And Some Banana Trivia." p. T1. "A Mellow Yellow Fruit." p. T8. Star Tribune (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN) , April 7, 2005,

Simmonds, N.W. Bananas. London: Longmans, 1966 (2nd edition).

16 Exciting New Ways to Serve Bananas. Brisbane [Australia]: The Committee of Direction of Fruit Marketing, [n.d.].

Skinner, Zena. The ABC of Banana Cookery. London : Fyffes Group Limited, [n.d.]

Sloat, Warren. The United Fruit Co. in Guatemala; or, Watch Out for the Top Banana. Voluntown, CT : AVILA [196?].

Small, Jennifer and David Small. Once Upon a Banana. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2006.

Smith, Nila B. and Irene M. Becket. The Story of Bananas. Silver Burdett Company, 1938.

Smith, York. The Banana Murders. London : Macdonald & Co., Ltd., 1958.

Soluri, John. Banana Cultures: Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005.

Something About Bananas. Boston : United Fruit Company, [n.d.] (1930s?).

Something About Bananas. New York : United Fruit Company, [195?]. (2 copies)

Spilsbury, Louise. Bananas. Chicago : Heinemann Library, 2002.

Starchild, Adam. The Amazing Banana Cookbook. Minneapolis : Lakewood Publications, Inc., 1980. (2 copies)

Steer, Gina. The Magnetic Banana Cookbook. New York : Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1995. (3 copies)

Stein, Nicholas. "Yes, We Have No Profits: The Rise and Fall of Chiquita Banana; How a Great American Brand Lost Its Way." Fortune, Nov. 26, 2001, pp. 182-196.

Stemman, Roy. Geest 1935-1985. London : Alsace Print and Production, 1986.

Stephens, Clyde S. Bananeros in Central America; True Stories of the Tropics. Alva, FL : Banana Books, 1989.

Stine, Bob. Going Out! Going Steady! Going Bananas! The Bananas Dating Guide. New York : A Banana Book From Scholastic Paperbacks, 1979.

The Story of Fruit Dispatch Company Service. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1926.

The Story of Growing Cavendish Bananas in Peace Valley. Winter Haven, FL : Taylor-Anderson Company, Inc., 1925.

The Story of the Banana. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1921.

The Story of the Banana. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1925 (3rd revised edition). (2 copies)

The Story of the Banana. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1927 (4th revised edition).

The Story of the Banana. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1929 (5th edition).

The Story of the Banana. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1936. (3 copies)

Striffler, Steve and Mark Moberg, eds. Banana Wars: Power, Production and History in the Americas. Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2005, c2003.

A Study of the Banana, Its Every Day Use and Food Value (student's manual). New York : United Fruit Company, [no date]. (2 copies)

A Study of the Banana, Its Every-day Use and Food Value (student's manual). New York : United Fruit Company, 1940, 4th edition. (3 copies)

A Study of the Banana, Its Every-day Use and Food Value (student's manual). New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1942, 5th edition.

Superman. Number 154, 1962. Banana Boat cover.

Swain, Heather. Eliot's Banana. New York : Downtown Press, 2003.

Taylor-Hall, Mary Ann. "Banana Boats." How She Knows What She Knows About Yo-Yos. Louisville, KY : Sarabande Books, 2000, pp 65-99.

Tempting Banana Recipes. New York : Fruit Dispatch Company, 1947.

Tempting Banana Recipes. New York : United Fruit Company, 1953. (4 copies)

Tempting Banana Recipes. New York : United Fruit Company, 1958.

Thomas, Lowell. An Appreciation of Bananas by a Sea-raider Who Disrupted Allied Shipping During the World War Without Taking a Human Life. excerpt from Count Luckner, The Sea Devil. New York : Doubleday, Doran & Company/United Fruit Company, 1927.

Thompson, Sandra. Wild Bananas, a novel. Boston : The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1985.

Tippell, Diane. Banana. Morristown, NJ : Silver Burdett, 1986.

Transportation and the Banana [with worksheet]. New York : United Fruit Company, [195?}.

"Tripping on Banana Peels." Time, April 7, 1967. p. 52.

Tritten, Larry. "Three Bananas." Alfred Hitchcock Mystery, May 1995, pp. 44-60.

21 Chiquita Banana Classics. Boston : United Fruit Company, 1959. (2 copies)

Turback, Michael. The Banana Split Book. Philadelphia : Camino Books, Inc., 2004.

Tweed Valley Banana Festival - 50 Golden Years, 1956-2005. Daily News (Murwillumbah, N.S.W., Australia), August 2005.

Velez de Sanchez, Maraya. Platos, Postres, Licores, de Bananas. Paris : Cabaut y Cia-Editores, 1931.

Walton, Rick. Why the Banana Split. Salt Lake City : Gibbs-Smith Publishers, 1998.

Wardlaw, C. W. Diseases of the Banana and of the Manila Hemp Plant. London : Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1935.

Warner, Marina. No Go The Bogeyman, Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999, c1998.

Wilms, Barbara. Crunchy Bananas, And Other Great Recipes Kids Can Cook. Salt Lake City : Gibbs M. Smith, Inc., 1984.

Wilson, Charles Morrow. Dow Baker and the Great Banana Fleet. Harrisburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 1972.

Wilson, Charles Morrow. Empire in Green and Gold, the Story of the American Banana Trade. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1947. (2 copies)

Woods, David. Cooking With Bananas. Lincoln, NE : Writers Club Press/iUniverse, Inc., 2002.

Wyss, Jim. "Building a Better Banana." The Amicus Journal, Winter 2001. pp. 24-25.

Yes! Bananas, The Body Builder. New Orleans : Bauerlein, Inc., 1925. (2 copies)

Yes! Home Made Banana Recipes. New Orleans : Bauerlein, Inc., 1929.

Yes! 100 Ways to Enjoy Bananas. New Orleans, Louisiana : Bauerlein, Inc., 1925. (2 copies)

Yes! We Have Bananas, And In Powdered Form. New York : Nulomoline Company, 1936.

Yoshida, Akimi. Banana Fish. Vol. 1. San Francisco : Viz Communications, Inc., 1988.

You Can Handle Bananas More Profitably in Winter....Fruit Dispatch Company, [n.d.][1920s?].

SHEET MUSIC:

"Banana"-That Girl With the Yellow Skin, by Jimmy Imhof and Glenhall E. Taylor. San Francisco : Morrison Music Co., 1923.

The Banana Boat Song, by Erik Darling, Bob Carey and Alan Arkin. New York : Edward B. Marks Music Corporation, 1956.

The Banana Man, by Hamilton and Fischer. New York : Joseph W. Stern and Company, 1904.

Chiquita Banana (The Banana Song), by Len Mackenzie, Garth Montgomery, and William Wirges. New York : Maxwell-Wirges Publications, Inc., 1945.

Down Where the Big Bananas Grow. by Louis Weslyn and Ted S. Barron. New York : M.C. Witmark & Sons, 1909. (2 copies)

I Like Bananas Because They Have No Bones, by Chris Yacich. New York : Crawford Music Corporation, 1936.

I've Got the "Yes! We Have No Banana" Blues, by Lew Brown, James F. Hanley and Robert King. New York : Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. 1923.

I've Never Seen a Straight Banana, by Ted Waite. New York : Irving Berlin, Inc., 1926.

O.K. for T.V., and San Souci, from Top Banana, A New Musical Comedy, by Johnny Mercer. New York : Chappell-Mercer Corporation, 1951.

Please No Squeeza da Banana, by Louis Prima, Jack Zero, Ben Jaffe. New York : Leeds Music Corporation, 1944.
When Banana Peels Are Blooming I'll Come Sliding Back to You, by F. Samuel Herbert. Allentown, PA : Star Music Company, 1926.

Yes! We Have No Bananas, by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn. London : Lawrence Wright Music Company, 1923.

Yes! We Have No Bananas, by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn. New York : Skidmore Music Co., Inc., 1923.