Books written by Jason M. Colby
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The Business of Empire: United Fruit, Race, and U.S. Expansion in Central America
Living in Trujillo, where William Walker had been executed decades earlier, Porter gathered material for his collection of short stories Cabbages and Kings (1904), which introduced the term “banana republic.” Set in the fictional nation ...
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Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator
Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1994. Wood, Forrest G. Marine Mammals and Man: The Navy's ... Barrett-Lennard, Lance G., Craig O. Matkin, John W. Durban, Eva L. Saulitis, and David Ellifrit. “Predation of Gray Whales and Prolonged Feeding on ...
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The Business of Empire: United Fruit, Race, and U.S. Expansion in Central America
early December, as workers anxiously awaited their final payday before Christmas, acting general manager Warren W. Smith decided to cut pay rates. It was that decision that prompted the Cayuga timekeeper's an- nouncement on 7 December ...
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Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator
his partners made their third catch in December 1969, Wright sent Ellis to take a look.22 Soon after, Wright agreed to pay $20,000 for a young female. But as the fishermen prepared to separate the animal from her podmates, ...
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Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator
This is the definitive history of how the feared and despised "killer" became the beloved "orca"--and what that has meant for our relationship with the ocean and its creatures.