The Fish that Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana KingJonathan Cape, 2012 - 270 Seiten Whether you know him as El Amigo, the Banana Man, the Gringo, or simply Z - whether you even know him at all - Sam Zemurray lived in one of the greatest untold American stories of the last hundred years. A tough, uneducated Russian Jew who found himself and his fortune in turn-of-the-century New Orleans, Zemurray built a fruit-selling empire hustling rotting fruit to market to eke out the slimmest profit, to eventually become a backchannel kingmaker and capitalist revolutionary. The Fish That Ate the Whale spans the transition from Old-World business to New: from privateer adventurers seeking fortunes in remote frontiers, to buccaneers of high finance and wars fought with media, no-bid contracts, and necessary illusions. Part of what makes this book so remarkable - and its dubious hero so compelling - is the almost invisible ease with which Cohen's threads intertwine to create a larger pattern that seems so obvious once you step back to see it. |
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The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King Rich Cohen Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2012 |
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King Rich Cohen Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2012 |
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