The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of Americas Banana King Cohen RichPaperback
Named a Best Book of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle and The Times-PicayuneThe fascinating untold tale of Samuel Zemurray, the self-made banana mogul who went from penniless roadside banana…
Specifikacia The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of Americas Banana King Cohen RichPaperback
Named a Best Book of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle and The Times-PicayuneThe fascinating untold tale of Samuel Zemurray, the self-made banana mogul who went from penniless roadside banana peddler to kingmaker and capitalist revolutionaryWhen Samuel Zemurray arrived in America in 1891, he was tall, gangly, and penniless. When he died in the grandest house in New Orleans sixty-nine years later, he was among the richest, most powerful men in the world. Working his way up from a roadside fruit peddler to conquering the United Fruit Company, Zemurray became a symbol of the best and worst of the United States: proof that America is the land of opportunity, but also a classic example of the corporate pirate who treats foreign nations as the backdrop for his adventures.Zemurray lived one of the great untold stories