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The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Abridged)

By Susan Orlean
Narrated by: Anna Fields
Abridged — 4 hours, 52 minutes
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By Susan Orlean
Narrated by: Anna Fields
Abridged — 4 hours, 52 minutes
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John Laroche, an obsessed Florida plant dealer, willing to go to any lengths to steal rare and protected wild orchids and clone them¿and all for a tidy profit. But the morality of Laroche's actions do not drive the narrative of Orlean¿s strange, compelling, and hilarious book. She is much more interested in the spectacle this unusual man creates through his actions, including one of the oddest legal controversies in recent memory, which brought together environmentalists, Native American acti…

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