The Orchid Thief
by Susan Orlean
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Mississippi, United States
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About This Item
Random House, 1999. Signed first edition. Signed on half title page. Fine in like DJ.
Synopsis
The Orchid Thief is a non-fiction book by American journalist and author Susan Orlean, based on her investigation of the 1994 arrest of John Laroche and a group of Seminoles in south Florida for poaching rare orchids in the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve. The book is based on an earlier article that Orlean wrote for The New Yorker magazine. Laroche, a plant dealer, was determined to find and clone the rare Ghost Orchid for profit.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rare Square Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2481
- Title
- The Orchid Thief
- Author
- Susan Orlean
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1999
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About the Seller
Rare Square Books
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...