Bibliograph

The fish that ate the whale, the life and times of America's banana king, Rich Cohen

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The fish that ate the whale, the life and times of America's banana king, Rich Cohen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-270)

resource.biographical

individual biography

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maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The fish that ate the whale

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

809411728

Responsibility statement

Rich Cohen

Sub title

the life and times of America's banana king

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

Table Of Contents

Selma -- Ripes -- The fruit jobber -- Brown to green -- Bananas don't grow on trees -- The octopus -- New Orleans -- The isthmus -- To the Collins -- Revolutin'! -- To the isthmus and back -- The bananas war -- King fish -- The fish that ate the whale -- Los Pericos -- Bananas go to war -- Israel is real -- Operation success -- Backlash -- What remains -- Bay of Pigs -- The earth eats the fish that ate the whale -- Fastest way to the street

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