{"product_id":"fish-that-ate-the-whale-the-life-and-times-of-americas-banana-king-signed","title":"Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King*Signed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Times-Picayune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fascinating untold tale of Samuel Zemurray, the self-made banana mogul who went from penniless roadside banana peddler to kingmaker and capitalist revolutionary\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZemurray 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Fish That Ate the Whale\u003c\/i\u003e unveils Zemurray as a hidden power broker, driven by an indomitable will to succeed.","brand":"Rich Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47533184254205,"sku":"S-9781250033314","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0472\/7069\/0970\/products\/9781250033314-us.jpg?v=1625262296","url":"https:\/\/www.thepaintedporch.com\/products\/fish-that-ate-the-whale-the-life-and-times-of-americas-banana-king-signed","provider":"The Painted Porch Bookshop ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}