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Orchid Thief, The: Reviewed

Author:Susan Orlean
Reading Level (Conceptual):Sophisticated readers
Reading Level (Vocabulary):Sophisticated readers
Genre:biography
Year of publication:2000

Study of a man obsessed with orchids.

The language is rough, but the book is well worth reading because of its fascinating descriptions of the orchids and the man and life in this particular stratum of Floridian society, which spans Seminole tribe members to British nobility.

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