An American Company: The Tragedy of United Fruit

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By Thomas P. McCann

Crown, 1976, 244 pp

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The history of the legendary Frutera, with emphasis on the disasters that followed its acquisition by the Eli Black interests, is recounted by a former Vice President for Public Relations of the trouble-plagued two-billion dollar enterprise. The manner of telling is lively, intimate and candid.

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