The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen

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

Rich Cohen

292 pages first pub 2012 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography business history reflective medium-paced
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A legendary tale, both true and astonishing, from the author of Israel is Real and Sweet and Low 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 yea...

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reflective 47%
inspiring 21%
emotional 10%
hopeful 10%
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lighthearted 5%
mysterious 5%
sad 5%

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