The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King cover
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
by Rich Cohen
ISBN: 1250033314
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jraby3 · 2024-10-27 · Original thread
Banana industry basically had America destroying democracies in S America so we could access their resources. United Fruit.

Great book about it The Fish that Ate the Whale.

https://www.amazon.com/Fish-That-Ate-Whale-Americas/dp/12500...

mikenyc · 2020-04-15 · Original thread
An amazing story of the guy who took over the banana industry, starting by buying all the "ripes" that were previously considered trash: https://www.amazon.com/Fish-That-Ate-Whale-Americas/dp/12500...
cprayingmantis · 2019-05-27 · Original thread
The book The Fish That Ate the Whale was a pretty good read about all that. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250033314/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1...
rockyroadster · 2012-12-26 · Original thread
This sounds like a weird suggestion but it's an incredibly entertaining and interesting book about an amazing entrepreneur who was one of America's first fruit tycoons. http://www.amazon.com/Fish-That-Ate-Whale-Americas/dp/037429...