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320 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307795298
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Publication date: Not specified
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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 eccentri...
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320 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307795298
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Publication date: Not specified
Description
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 eccentri...