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The Life and Times of America's Banana King

Jul 2, 2012 at

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Samuel Zemurray was a poor Jewish immigrant, selling freckled bananas out of a boxcar before amassing a fortune in the banana trade. His rags-to-riches story is unveiled in a new biography by Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone Magazine contributing editor Rich Cohen. Cohen joins us to discuss Zemurray’s life in relation to American capitalism, foreign relations in Latin America and beyond.

More: About the book “The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America’s Banana King” – at IndieBound.org
More: “How Gabriel Garcia Marquez Brought Down Samuel Zemurray, the Banana King” – at TheDailyBeast.com

Guests:

Rich Cohen, author and contributing editor at Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone Magazine

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