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Sam ”Banana Man” Zemurray
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Sam ”Banana Man” Zemurray
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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)
Sam Zeumurray on Wikipedia
The United Fruit Company on Wikipedia
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