Breadfruit: Three Global Journeys of a Bountiful Tree

Honorable Mention, 2026 Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis Book Award, Caribbean Studies Association

Breadfruit trees are staples of the tropics, bearing cantaloupe-sized green-skinned fruits whose taste and texture resemble potatoes. More than three thousand years ago, breadfruit fueled the Pacific voyages of discovery that settled islands throughout Oceania. In the late eighteenth century, the British expedition that ended with the mutiny on the Bounty aimed, but failed, to introduce breadfruit to ...