An edition of Wildflower (2009)

Wildflower

an extraordinary life and untimely death in Africa

1st ed.
Wildflower
Mark Seal, Mark Seal
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An edition of Wildflower (2009)

Wildflower

an extraordinary life and untimely death in Africa

1st ed.

Wildflower is a compelling work of narrative nonfiction in which the shocking death of a dedicated environmentalist becomes a broader story of a beautiful, breathtaking country in peril.In January 2006, Joan Root, a sixty-nine-year-old naturalist, Oscar-nominated wildlife filmmaker, and staunch conservationist, was murdered by two masked men armed with an AK-47 shortly after midnight in her bedroom on the shore of Kenya's beautiful Lake Naivasha. Was it a random robbery gone bad, as the local police seemed to think, or was it a cold-blooded contract killing carried out at the behest of enemies Root had made in her efforts to protect Kenya's wildlife? Veteran journalist Mark Seal set out to investigate this gripping real-life murder mystery--and instead found an unforgettable story not only of a tragic death but of the remarkable life that preceded it.With compassion and an unswerving regard for the truth, Seal lays bare the deeply moving, inspirational history of Joan Root, covering her early days in Kenya as a shy young woman with an almost uncanny ability to connect to animals; her whirlwind courtship with the dashing Alan Root, their marriage, and the twenty years of nonstop adventure, passionate romance, and groundbreaking wildlife filmmaking that followed, both in Africa and around the world; the shattering disintegration of the marriage and partnership; and Joan's triumphant struggle to reinvent herself as the protector of her lakeshore community's fragile ecosystem--a struggle that would lead to her death.Wildflower is also the story of Kenya itself. A country blessed with unmatched beauty that is one of the last repositories of rare wildlife on the African continent, Kenya has also been scarred by decades of colonization and a culture of corruption fueled by the frequently competing agendas of conservationists and business interests. Joan Root dreamed of a bright future for Kenya and spent her life fighting with quiet heroism and courage to make that dream a reality. Her life ended too soon, but her legacy lives on.From the Hardcover edition.

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Random House
Language
English
Pages
232

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2009, Random House Publishing Group
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Wildflower: a story of love, murder, and the woman who tried to save Kenya
2009, Random House
in English - 1st ed.
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Wildflower: an extraordinary life and untimely death in Africa
2009, Random House
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-232).

Published in
New York
Genre
Biography

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
333.95/416092, B
Library of Congress
QH31.R73 S43 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 232 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
232

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Open Library
OL23531551M
ISBN 13
9781400067367, 9781588368614
LCCN
2008051106
Library Thing
8154386
Goodreads
6238624
7052666

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