The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
by Susan Orlean | Nonfiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 044900371x Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 044900371x Global Overview for this book
Registered by buttonbright of Raleigh, North Carolina USA on 5/13/2014
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I found this book on the discount shelves of a local used book store. It was sold in Southport NC and belonged to Deb Marley.
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 eccentric and oddly attractive man named John Laroche leads Orlean on an unforgettable tour of America’s strange flower-selling subculture, through Florida’s swamps and beyond, along with the Seminoles who help him and the forces of justice who fight him. In the end, Orlean—and the reader—will have more respect for underdog determination and a powerful new definition of passion.
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 eccentric and oddly attractive man named John Laroche leads Orlean on an unforgettable tour of America’s strange flower-selling subculture, through Florida’s swamps and beyond, along with the Seminoles who help him and the forces of justice who fight him. In the end, Orlean—and the reader—will have more respect for underdog determination and a powerful new definition of passion.
Journal Entry 2 by buttonbright at Free Books Box, Boundary St in Raleigh, North Carolina USA on Thursday, May 22, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (5/22/2014 UTC) at Free Books Box, Boundary St in Raleigh, North Carolina USA
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Left this book in the Free Books Box at 500 Boundary Street (corner of East & Boundary). http://dld.bz/cJdWZ Latitude 35°47'16.68"N Longitude 78°37'54.19"W
Caught this book from a free book stash in Raleigh. I can't wait to read it. Thank you so much for a great little book exchange area (I placed a new book in there).
Journal Entry 4 by WarriorScholar at Comfort Inn in Fayetteville, North Carolina USA on Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (6/7/2014 UTC) at Comfort Inn in Fayetteville, North Carolina USA
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Interesting, but slow, read. Happy to move my first hunt on :-)