The Orchid Thief
[A True Story of Beauty and Obsession]
New York : Ballantine, 2014.
Format: Book
Edition: First Ballantine edition.
Description: x, 300 ; 21 cm
Chronicles the 1994 crime story of John Laroche, a plant dealer who teamed up with three Seminole Indians to steal rare orchids from a southern Florida swamp with the intention of having the orchids cloned to sell to collectors; examines the ramifications of the case, which concerned a wide variety of groups, including environmentalists, Native Americans, and orchid enthusiasts.
Contents:
The millionaire?s hothouse -- Cloning the ghost -- A green hell -- Orchid fever -- A mortal occupation -- Gorgeous -- The good life -- Anyone can grow orchids -- Plant crimes -- Barbecued doves -- Osceola?s head -- Fortunes -- A kind of direction.
Subjects:
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 -- Anecdotes.
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 -- Anecdotes.
ISBN:
9780449003718
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TRUE CRIME Orl | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 4/3/2024) |
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Subtitle from cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-284) and a reader's companion including an interview with the author and topics for reading group discussion.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-284) and a reader's companion including an interview with the author and topics for reading group discussion.