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The Fish That Ate the Whale The Life and Times of America's Banana King

Rich Cohen

A legendary tale, both true and astonishing, from the author of When 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. In between, he wor...

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It is about Samuel Zamurri, the founder of United Fruit, and his life as one of the richest and most powerful, yet controversial, entrepreneurs of the 20th century. The podcast host loved it and wrote about it in his own book.

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I loved it. I wrote a little bit about it in the obstacles way. But more than that book, I just fell in love with the writing of the author.

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It is about Samuel Zamurri, the founder of United Fruit, and his life as one of the richest and most powerful, yet controversial, entrepreneurs of the 20th century. The podcast host loved it and wrote about it in his own book.

"

I loved it. I wrote a little bit about it in the obstacles way. But more than that book, I just fell in love with the writing of the author.

I would start with The Fish That Eight the Whale.

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