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Monday Jul 18, 2022
Sam ”Banana Man” Zemurray
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
The Banana Boyz dig into Sam Zemurray, the businessman who beat United Fruit at its own game. Hear how Sam earned his nickname "Banana Man" through business savvy, ruthlessness, and a whole lot of government coups.
SOURCES
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen. Picador, 2013.
The ousting of the president of Honduras, 1911 (libcom.org)
7 Ways The United Fruit Company Devastated Central America (History Hustle)
Sam Zemurray – Banana Man of New Orleans (The Savvy Native)
The United Fruit Company on Wikipedia
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