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The Orchid Thief

A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

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An edition of The Orchid Thief (1998)

The Orchid Thief

A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by

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

First Ballantine edition published by arrangement with Random House, Inc.

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Ballantine Books
Language
English
Pages
320

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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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The orchid thief
2000, Ballantine
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The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
January 4, 2000, Ballantine Books
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The orchid thief
1999, Wheeler Pub.
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The orchid thief
1998, Wheeler Publishing, Inc.
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. xiii
Prologue - Susan Orleans on ADAPTION. xv
The Millionaire's Hothouse. 3
Cloning the Ghost. 20
A Green Hell. 34
Orchid Fever. 42
A Mortal Occupation. 55
Gorgeous. 86
The Good Life. 103
Anyone Can Grow Orchids. 134
Plant Crimes. 153
Barbecued Doves. 184
Osceola's Head. 203
Fortunes. 244
A Kind of Direction. 262
Bibliography. 283
A Reader's Guide (includes interview with the author). 285

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Format
Trade Paperback
Pagination
xxii, 284p., 14 un-numbered
Number of pages
320

ID Numbers

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OL7563132M
ISBN 10
044900371X
ISBN 13
9780449003718
LCCN
99090911
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6022
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