Published by Ballantine Books, 2000
ISBN 10: 044900371X ISBN 13: 9780449003718
Seller: Mad Hatter Bookstore, Westbank, BC, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First Edition-First Printing with full number line. Minor shelf wear. Synopsis: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - A modern classic of personal journalism, The Orchid Thief is Susan Orleans 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.