The Orchid Thief
by Susan Orlean
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 009928958X
- ISBN 13
- 9780099289586
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Random House. Good. 16.3 x 17.4 x 2.3 centimetres (0. Paperback. 2000. 350 pages. Cover worn. <br>Susan Orlean first met John Laroche w hen visiting Florida to write for the New Yorker about his arrest for stealing rare ghost orchids from a nature reserve. Fascinate d both by Laroche and the world she uncovered of orchid collector s and growers, she stayed on, to write this magical exploration o f ... .
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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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1430aj
- Title
- The Orchid Thief
- Author
- Susan Orlean
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 009928958X
- ISBN 13
- 9780099289586
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Laroche,, John,, GARDENING, /, Flowers, /, General,, Orchids, --, Collection, and, preservation,, Gardening:, flowers,, True, crime,, Electronic, books,, Dewey:, 584.4075
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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