An edition of The Orchid Thief (1998)

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An edition of The Orchid Thief (1998)

The orchid thief

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  • ★★★ 3.33 ·
  • 6 Ratings
  • 46 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 7 Have read

The orchid thief in Susan Orlean's true story of beauty and obsession is John Laroche, a renegade plant dealer and sharply handsome guy, in spite of the fact that he is missing his front teeth and has the posture of al dente spaghetti. In 1994, Laroche and three Seminole Indians were arrested with rare orchids they had stolen from a wild swamp in south Florida that is filled with some of the world's most extraordinary plants and trees.

Laroche had planned to clone the orchids and then sell them for a small fortune to impassioned collectors. After he was caught in the act, Laroche set off one of the oddest legal controversies in recent memory, which brought together environmentalists, Native American activists, and devoted orchid collectors. The result is a tale that is strange, compelling, and hilarious.

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Wheeler Pub.
Language
English
Pages
353

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Subjects
Anecdotes, Plant collectors, Florida, Nursery growers, Polyradicion lindenii, Hollywood, Orchids, Biography, Orchid culture, Horticulturists, Florida, biography, Large type books, Laroche, john, Orlean, susan, Nursery growers--florida--hollywood--biography, Plant collectors--florida--hollywood--biography, Polyradicion lindenii--florida--fakahatchee strand state preserve--anecdotes, Orchids--florida--fakahatchee strand state preserve--anecdotes
People
John Laroche, Susan Orlean
Places
Florida, Hollywood, Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve

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1999, Wheeler Pub.
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1998, Wheeler Publishing, Inc.
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Rockland, MA
Series
Wheeler large print book series

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Dewey Decimal Class
635.9/344/09759
Library of Congress
SB63.L315 O75 1999

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Pagination
353 p. (large print) ;
Number of pages
353

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OL33301M
ISBN 10
156895736X
LCCN
99015872
Library Thing
6022
Goodreads
1006030

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