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The fish that ate the whale : the life and times of America's banana king / Rich Cohen. by Cohen, Rich. Subjects United Fruit Company -- Biography.   United Fruit Company -- Biography.   United Fruit Company.   United Fruit Company.   Biography.   History. Publisher Info:  New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xiii, 270 pages : map ; 24 cm RDA Types:  text unmediated volume ISBN:  9780374299279 0374299277 Contents:  Green: Selma -- Ripes -- The fruit jobber -- Brown to green -- Bananas don't grow on trees -- The octopus -- New Orleans -- Yellow: The isthmus -- To the Collins -- Revolutin'! -- To the isthmus and back -- The banana war -- Ripe: King fish -- The fish that ate the whale -- Los Pericos -- Bananas go to war -- Israel is real -- Operation success -- Backlash -- Brown: What remains -- Bay of Pigs -- The earth eats the fish that ate the whale -- Fastest way to the street -- Epilogue. Format Book:  Summary:  A biography of the little-known antihero, Samuel Zemurray (1877-1961), the disgraced mogul of the much hated United Fruit Company who aided the creation of Israel, funded many of Tulane University's buildings, and had a hand in the rise of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. When 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. In between, he worked as a fruit peddler, banana hauler, dockside hustler, and plantation owner. He battled and conquered the United Fruit Company, becoming a symbol of the best and worst of the United States: proof 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. Starting with nothing but a cart of freckled bananas, he built a sprawling empire of banana cowboys, mercenary soldiers, Honduran peasants, CIA agents, and American statesmen. -- Publisher description. No. of Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Marion Public Library Top Floor 338.7 COH Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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