[PDF.71yn] The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

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 | #81576 in Books |  Ballantine Books |  2000-01-04 |  2000-01-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.30 x.70 x5.50l,.63 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Eccentric orchid collectors|By DT|There’s not much of a story here but many stories, history and information about orchids. I don’t have a particular interest in orchids, yet the eccentric characters that populate this world in Florida were fascinating, especially John Laroche, the orchid thief. I had no idea that there were orchid hunters and that this competitive|.com |Orchidelirium is the name the Victorians gave to the flower madness that is for botanical collectors the equivalent of gold fever. Wealthy orchid fanatics of that era sent explorers (heavily armed, more to protect themselves against other orchid se

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
 
A modern classic of personal journalism, The Orchid Thief is Susan Orlean’s wickedly funny, elegant, and captivating tale of an amazing obsession. Determined to clone an endangered flower—the rare ghost orchid Polyrrhiza lindenii—a deeply eccentric and oddly attractive man named John Laroche leads Orlean on an unforgettable tour of America&rs...

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