Samuel Zemurray was a bold businessman. When he wasn’t allowed to build a bridge to ship his banana’s he built two long piers and would install floating sections to cross the river. He also helped install friendly governments, presided over the massacre of indigenous people to get his bananas produced and bought a warship that was accidentally captured by a warlord friendly to his cause.
This is at times a bit inspiring as the Banana Man does bold things to make his banana empire thrive and at times a sobering story about how a US company and the US government is willing to tamper with the politics in other countries so that profit can continue.
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