The orchid thief
by Susan Orlean
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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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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--anecdotesPeople
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The orchid thief
1998, Wheeler Publishing, Inc.
in English
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156895736X 9781568957364
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-284) and a reader's companion including an interview with the author and topics for reading group discussion.
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