"John Laroche" redirects here. For the British politician, see John LaRoche (MP).
The Orchid Thief
Author
Susan Orlean
Genre
Non-fiction, biography
Publisher
Random House
Publication date
1998
Media type
Print
Pages
pp. 284
ISBN
978-0-679-44739-9
The Orchid Thief is a 1998 non-fiction book by American journalist Susan Orlean, based on her investigation of the 1994 arrest of horticulturist John Laroche and a group of Seminoles in south Florida for poaching rare orchids in the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve.[1]
^"In Pursuit of a criminal and his breathtaking quarry". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on November 23, 2005. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
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