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The fish that ate the whale: the life and times of America's banana king
The fish that ate the whale: the life and times of America's banana king
Author
Cohen, Rich
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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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 bananas 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;
Epilogue.
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Subjects
Subjects
Banana trade
Banana trade -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History
History
Jewish businesspeople
Jewish businesspeople -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography
United Fruit Company -- Biography
Zemurray, Samuel
Zemurray, Samuel, 1877-1961
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Contributors
Cohen, Rich
Author
Dean, Robertson
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ISBN
9780374299279
9781250398239
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NoveList
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