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Cohen unfurls a rich, colorful history of a man who championed the establishment of the state of israel by providing arms and ships to the irgun, the nascent underground army. The fish that ate the whale is a biography of sam zemurray, the banana magnate of the 20th century. The fish that ate the whale, by rich cohen the new york times. He borrows the latters title for a chapter in the fish that describes zemurrays support for the creation of a jewish state after world war ii. Howard blum, author of the floor of heaven and american lightning sam the bananaman zemurray was a larger than life character. Cohen unfurls a rich, colorful history of a man who championed the establishment of the.
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When samuel zemurray arrived in america in 1891, he was tall, gangly, and penniless. His intimate, firstperson style is engaging, often ironic. He staged a boardroom coup and installed himself as chief executive, prompting the new york times to call him the fish that swallowed the whale. The fish that ate the whale by rich cohen books the boston globe. The book recounts all the washington insiders hired by zemurray as lobbyists, including tommy the cork corcoran. Reading this book about new orleans, old ships, railways, and the isthmus of central america made it feel like i was there. Hes like the american dream in the shape of a single life, says author rich cohen.