The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (599 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0374299277 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rich Cohen's brilliant historical profile The Fish That Ate the Whale unveils Zemurray as a hidden kingmaker and capitalist revolutionary, driven by an indomitable will to succeed. In between, he worked as a fruit peddler, a banana hauler, a dockside hustler, and a plantation owner. From hustling on the docks of New Orleans to overthrowing Central American governments, from feuding with Huey Long to working with the Dulles brothers, Zemurray emerges as an unforgettable figure, connected to the birth of modern American diplomacy, public relations, business, and wara monumental life that reads like a parable of the American dream.. In Latin America, when people shouted "Yankee, go home!" it was men like Zemurray they had in mind. A legendary tal
The life of Sam the Banana Man, in Cohen's eloquent hands, is as nourishing and odd as the bendy yellow berry that made him great.” Melissa Katsoulis, The Times (London)“Documentary veracity counts for less than the dashing energy of Cohen's characterisation, and the moody atmosphere of the landscapes in which he sets this buccaneering life--New Orleans with its malarial damp, the jungle in Panama where an incomplete, unbuildable highway is ‘defeated by nature and walks away mutteri
Henry Richard said Sam The Banana Man. The Fish That Ate The Whale is sensational. A page turner, the book tells the story of poor Russian immigrant Sam Zemurray who came to the USA in the late 1800s with nothing but a strong body and a keen mind. He settled in Alabama, where he soon fell in love with the humble yellow banana--not so humble, it turned . Amazon Customer said EPIC. Wow what a great read!!! I couldn't put this book down once I started. Cohen hit a home run with this biography. Great intel into corporate monopolies during the late 1890s and early 1900s. I knew a brief history of Rockefeller and Carnegie, but this guy Sam seems like he slipped through the cracks. His biography . He is the greatest living Journalist writer Robert Sabin I have read almost all of Rich Cohen's books. He is the greatest living Journalist writer. He deftly mkixes scholarship with conversational tone. His books, including this one have personality.He need not follow any script or formula, he is almost a force of nature who sets indelible standards, and makes his own w
He has written seven books, including Tough Jews, Israel Is Real, and the widely acclaimed memoir Sweet and Low. Rich Cohen is a New York Times bestselling author as well as a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, three sons, and dog.. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlant