The Fish That Ate the Whale
The Life and Times of America's Banana King
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xiii, 270 pages : maps ; 24 cm
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.
Subjects:
Zemurray, Samuel, 1877-1961.
United Fruit Company -- Biography.
Jewish businesspeople -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography.
Banana trade -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.
Zemurray, Samuel, 1877-1961.
United Fruit Company -- Biography.
Jewish businesspeople -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography.
Banana trade -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.
ISBN:
9780374299279 (alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Zemurray, Samuel | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.