Fish That Ate the Whale : The Life and Times of Americas Banana King

English

ISBN: 0374299277

EAN: 9780374299279

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Business/Business & Economics / Industries / Agribusiness/Biography & Autobiography / General/History / United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, Ms, Nc, Sc, Tn, Va, Wv)/

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Release Date: 06/14/2012

Synopsis: When Samuel Zemurray arrived in America in 1891, he was gangly and penniless. When he died in New Orleans 69 years later, he was among the richest men in the world. He conquered the United Fruit Company, and is a symbol of the best and worst of the United States.

Fish That Ate the Whale : The Life and Times of Americas Banana King

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.03 inches

Width: 6.27 inches

Length: 9.32 inches

Weight: 17.64 oz

Pages: 288