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The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
by Orlean, Susan
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 044900371X
- ISBN 13
- 9780449003718
- Seller
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Ballantine Books. Used - Good. Good condition. Owner's name inside.
Synopsis
The Orchid Thief is a non-fiction book by American journalist and author Susan Orlean, based on her investigation of the 1994 arrest of John Laroche and a group of Seminoles in south Florida for poaching rare orchids in the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve. The book is based on an earlier article that Orlean wrote for The New Yorker magazine. Laroche, a plant dealer, was determined to find and clone the rare Ghost Orchid for profit.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wonder Book
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- N26C-00910
- Title
- The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
- Author
- Orlean, Susan
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 044900371X
- ISBN 13
- 9780449003718
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- January 4, 2000
- LCCN
- 99-90911
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Wonder Book
Biblio member since 2003
Frederick, Maryland
About Wonder Book
With 3 stores less than 1 hour outside the DC/Metropolitan area (1 in Gaithersburg, 1 in Frederick and 1 in Hagerstown, MD), we have the largest selection of books in the tri-state area. Wonder Book and Video has been in business since 1980 and online since 1997. We have over 1 Million books for sale on our website and another 1 Million books for sale in our 3 locations. We have a very active online inventory and as such, we can receive multiple orders for the same item. We fill those orders on a first come first serve basis, but will refund promptly any items that are out of stock. Since 1980 it has always been about the books. ALL kinds of books from 95 cent children\'s paperbacks to five figure rare and collectibles. A merging of the old and new is where we started, and it is where we are today. Our retail stores have always been places where a reader can rush in looking for a title needed for a term paper that is due the next day, or where bibliophiles can get lost \"in the stacks\" for as long as they wish. In 2002 USAToday recognized us as \"1 of 10 Great Old Bookstores\", and we have been featured in numerous other newspaper and TV stories including Washington Post and CSpan.
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