[PDF.39ln] The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King

The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King

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#77622 in eBooks 2012-06-05 2012-06-05File Name: B0071VOLN80 of 0 people found the following review helpful. AN IMMIGRANT THAT MADE A DIFFERENCEBy Robert OngleyTo be fair, this is not my kind of book. I'm more of a fiction guy and if I read non-fiction, I prefer spiritual self-help fare. So, I wasn't fascinated by a biography of America's Banana King. It's a rags to riches story, which does appeal to my root-for-the-underdog inclination. Still, Samuel Zemurray created a pretty big corporation and eventually managed to take control of a mammoth one. ThatA legendary tale, both true and astonishing, from the author of Israel is Real and Sweet and LowWhen 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, a banana hauler, a dockside hustler, and a plantation owner. He battled and conquered the United Fruit Company, becoming a symbol of the best and...

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