| Description |
xx, 284 pages, 13 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm. |
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Ballantine reader's circle
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Ballantine reader's circle.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284). |
| Note |
Contains a reader's companion including an interview with the author and topics for reading group discussion. |
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This edition contains an additional interview (p. [xv]-xx) not present in the 2000 ed. with the author about the experience of having her book used as the inspiration for the movie Adaptation. |
| Summary |
From Florida's swamps to its courtrooms, the New Yorker writer follows one deeply eccentric and oddly attractive man's possibly criminal pursuit of an endangered flower. Determined to clone the rare ghost orchid, Polyrrhiza lindenii, John Laroche leads Orlean on an unforgettable tour of America's strange flower-selling subculture, along with the Seminole Indians 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. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Dr Thomas S. Simonet |
| Subject |
Laroche, John.
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Laroche, John. |
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Nursery growers -- Florida -- Hollywood -- Biography.
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Nursery growers. |
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Florida -- Hollywood. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Plant collectors -- Florida -- Hollywood -- Biography.
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Plant collectors. |
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Polyradicion lindenii -- Florida -- Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve -- Anecdotes.
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Polyradicion lindenii. |
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Florida -- Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve. |
| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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| Subject |
Orchids -- Florida -- Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve -- Anecdotes.
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Orchids. |
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Orlean, Susan.
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Orlean, Susan. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Anecdotes.
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| Added Title |
Adaptation (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
044900371X |
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9780449003718 |
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