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Named a Best Book of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle and The Times-Picayune
The fascinating untold tale of Samuel Zemurray, the self-made banana mogul who went from penniless roadside banana peddler to kingmaker and capitalist revolutionary
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.
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 sprawling empire of banana cowboys, mercenary soldiers, Honduran peasants, CIA agents, and American statesmen. From hustling on the docks of New Orleans to overthrowing Central American governments and precipitating the bloody thirty-six-year Guatemalan civil war, the Banana Man lived a monumental and sometimes dastardly life. Rich Cohen's brilliant historical profile The Fish That Ate the Whale unveils Zemurray as a hidden power broker, driven by an indomitable will to succeed.
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Awards
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Nominated for Society of Midland Authors Book Awards - Nominee, 2013
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Nominated for Society of Midland Authors Book Awards - Nominee, 2013
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Nominated for Society of Midland Authors Book Awards - Nominee, 2013
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Nominated for Society of Midland Authors Book Awards - Nominee, 2013
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Nominated for Society of Midland Authors Book Awards - Nominee, 2013
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Nominated for Society of Midland Authors Book Awards - Nominee, 2013
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Nominated for Society of Midland Authors Book Awards - Nominee, 2013
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Nominated for Society of Midland Authors Book Awards - Nominee, 2013
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About Rich Cohen
Rich Cohen is the author of several works of nonfiction, including co-author of the New York Times bestseller Unstoppable. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone and has written for the New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Harper’s Magazine, among others. He has won the Great Lakes Book Award and the Chicago Public Library’s 21st Century Award, and his stories have been included in The Best American Essays and The Best American Travel Writing.
About Robertson Dean
Robertson Dean has played leading roles on and off Broadway and at dozens of regional theaters throughout the country. He has a BA from Tufts University and an MFA from Yale. His audiobook narration has garnered ten AudioFile Earphones Awards. He now lives in Los Angeles, where he works in film and television in addition to narrating.