| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 270 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-270). |
| Contents |
Green: -- Selma -- Ripes -- The fruit jobber -- Brown to green -- Bananas don't grow on trees -- The octopus -- New Orleans -- Yellow: -- The isthmus -- To the Collins -- Revolutin'! -- To the isthmus and back -- The banana war -- Ripe: -- King fish -- The fish that ate the whale -- Los Pericos -- Bananas go to war -- Israel is real -- Operation success -- Backlash -- Brown: -- What remains -- Bay of Pigs -- The earth eats the fish that ate the whale -- Fastest way to the street. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Zemurray, Samuel, 1877-1961.
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Jewish businesspeople -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography.
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Banana trade -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.
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United Fruit Company -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780374299279 alkaline paper |
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0374299277 alkaline paper |
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