The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
by Orlean, Susan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine./Near Fine.
- ISBN 10
- 0679447393
- ISBN 13
- 9780679447399
- Seller
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Schenectady, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine./Near Fine.. First printing. 285p. including a Bibliography.
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
- Iron Engine (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NAT0003
- Title
- The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
- Author
- Orlean, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine.
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679447393
- ISBN 13
- 9780679447399
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- flowers
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURE / Plants;
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