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Now Available! “BANANA MAN: Peeling and Revealing, Life in the Tropics”

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Now Available! “BANANA MAN: Peeling and Revealing, Life in the Tropics”

A message from Bocas del Toro historian, entomologist, banana man, a friend of The Bocas Breeze, Clyde Stephens:

“I am pleased to present BANANA MAN: Peeling and Revealing, Life in the Tropics. The complete work was too big to publish as one volume so it was divided into a series of three books: Book 1, Book 2 and Book 3. Besides my chapters, fourteen other guest writers contributed their stories about Life in the Tropics that are found in Book 1 and Book 2. Book 3 features a banana family, the Stargardters, which records their incredible lives in Europe and how they became banana people. Book 3 also records the challenging lives of German immigrants in Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui and other parts of Panama during two World Wars. At the beginning of the book, I was honored to have Dr. Stanley Heckadon-Moreno write the foreword.

Peeling and revealing Clyde Stephens
These books are available in softcover and on Kindle and can be ordered at two locations:

1. Cecropia Press that offers an introductory price. Click on www.cecropiapress.com, then click on books/libros at the top left. Payment is made by PayPal. If you do not have an account, Paypal gives the option of paying with a card. Two other books that I released recently are also listed:

The History of Hospital Point and La Historia de Punta Hospital.

2. Amazon.com books. To find all three books together, search with:

https://www.amazon.com › Books-Clyde-S-Stephens

or easier:

Clyde S. Stephens: booksThese books have been long labors of love and I hope you like them. The chapters have never been published before, and I hope you will donate them to a Tropical Studies library when you finish. Please forward this announcement to your vast number of friends and family who may be interested.Enjoy the banana video made by Cecropia Press.https://video214.com/play/NZrsbbXDYx9ve8Qun8ShCA/s/dark

Muchos saludos, Clyde Stephens, Claid Estivens”

UPDATE: Cecropia Press has released an unabridged special edition of “BANANA MAN: Peeling and Revealing, Life in the Tropics, which includes all three volumes in a single BIG book.  You can find it available for purchase here: https://www.cecropiapress.com/product-page/banana-man-special-edition

Stay tuned for a special interview with Clyde Stephens by Bocas Breeze editor Nicholas Corea.

Nicholas Corea and Clyde Stephens

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  1. Hi and Hola dear Bocas Breeze. My name is JanWilliams and I want to ask you a favor? Do you still have a copy of the first edition of the Bocas Breeze.? I wrote the first article, and I would love to contribute again. Thoughts and memories and reflections.
    Saludos
    Jan Williams,

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