The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Orchid Thief The story of orchid thief and obsessive, John Laroche, and the bizarre world of the orchid fanciers of Florida. The world of the orchid hunters, breeders and showmen, their rivalries, vendettas and crimes, smuggling, thefts and worse provide the backdrop to an exploration of one of the byways of human nature, the obsessive world of the collector.
Full description- Publisher: VINTAGE
- Published: 04 May 2000
- Format: Paperback 368 pages
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- Categories: Biography: General | Contemporary Fiction | Gardening: Flowers
- ISBN 13: 9780099289586 ISBN 10: 009928958X
- Sales rank: 39,033
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