[PDF.47sx] 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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 | #46734 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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||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Entertaining|By OKay|In 1994, John Laroche and three Seminole Indian men, were caught leaving a Florida Wildlife Preserve with bags full of Ghost orchid (Polyrrhiza lindenii) specimens. They challenged the arrest on the basis of a law allowing Native tribes to violate the endangered species act. Susan Orleans, a columnist for The New Yorker went to Florida to get the story. S|.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

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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...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)   |  Susan Orlean.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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