02797cam a2200373 4500 521471104 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781615730827 1615730826 83f1acbb-e0b6-4329-86fb-f6c9b412cce2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 289910 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Orlean, Susan. The Orchid Thief [Libby] : A True Story of Beauty and Obsession. HighBridge, 2002. Orchids. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 134MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 134MB. Gardening. True Crime. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><i>The Orchid Thief</i> is the true story of John Laroche, an obsessed Florida plant dealer willing to go to any lengths to steal rare and protected wild orchids and clone them, 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 activists, and devoted orchid collectors. She follows Laroche deep into Florida's swamps, tapping into not only the psyche of the deeply opinionated Laroche but also the wider subculture of orchid collectors, including aristocrats, fanatics, and smugglers whose obsession with plants is all-consuming. Orlean portrays the weirdness of it all in wonderful detail, but, ultimately, the book is primarily about passion itself and the amazing lengths to which people will go to gratify it.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:35:50. Fields, Anna. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1294-1/289910-TheOrchidThief.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1294-1/289910-TheOrchidThief.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=83F1ACBB-E0B6-4329-86FB-F6C9B412CCE2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1294-1/289910-TheOrchidThief.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1294-1/289910-TheOrchidThief.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=83F1ACBB-E0B6-4329-86FB-F6C9B412CCE2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) TXRHO