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The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Susan Orlean is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER • A <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> NOTABLE BOOK</b><br> <br> A modern classic of personal journalism, <i>The Orchid Thief</i> is Susan Orlean’s wickedly funny, elegant, and captivating tale of an amazing obsession. Determined to clone an endangered flower—the rare ghost orchid <i>Polyrrhiza lindenii—</i>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
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Susan Orlean
- Publisher
- Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780449003718
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Agriculture, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.69 / 5 (9,598 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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