{"product_id":"banana-republic-paperback","title":"Banana Republic - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Rawson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen William Sydney Porter faces prison for embezzlement in Austin, Texas, he catches the first tramp steamer to Central America. The year is 1905. He washes up in the town of Coralio, in a country with no extradition treaty with the U.S. and a government at the mercy of American scoundrels, drunks, and robber-barons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePorter establishes himself as a newspaper printer, despite violent opposition from the most powerful individual in the country--Walter Whitaker, the president of the Vesuvius Fruit Company. Whitaker sees Porter's newspaper as a threat to his plans to overthrow the government and install a puppet who will give him concessions to build a railroad to the new Panama Canal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoosely based on the history of U.S. intervention in the \"banana wars\" of the early twentieth century, as well as on the life and stories of O. Henry, \u003cem\u003eBanana Republic\u003c\/em\u003e is a comic tale of greed, ambition, and gunboat diplomacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Rawson\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Pasadena and teaches at the University of Southern California. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hummingbird Hour\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a rhetoric reader, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Subcultures\u003c\/i\u003e. When he isn't writing or teaching, he dedicates himself to Dodgers baseball, mid-century California art, and street photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 261\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769584845088,"sku":"9781947548916","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bfee7d47b11ac3495f7cee19124302e4.webp?v=1780351302","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/banana-republic-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}