The Orchid Thief : A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
by Orlean, Susan
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- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 044900371X
- ISBN 13
- 9780449003718
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Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
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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
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9986549-6
- Title
- The Orchid Thief : A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
- Author
- Orlean, Susan
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 044900371X
- ISBN 13
- 9780449003718
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- January 4, 2000
- LCCN
- 99-90911
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