The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King - marketpdf.com
<b>Named a Best Book of the Year by the <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> and <i>The Times-Picayune</i> </b><br /><b></b><br /><b>The fascinating untold tale of Samuel Zemurray, the self-made banana mogul who went from penniless roadside banana peddler to kingmaker and capitalist revolutionary</b><br /><b></b> <br />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. 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.<br /><br />Zemurray lived one of the great untold stories of the last hundred years. Starting with nothing but a cart of freckled bananas, he built a
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