1st Edition - The Orchid Thief (Signed)

The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean is anon-fiction book about John Laroche, an eccentric Florida plant dealer arrested for poaching rare wild orchids . The book explores themes of obsession, passion, and the lengths people go to for their interests, following Laroche through Florida's swamps and into the world of collectors, smugglers, and Seminole activists, and became the basis for the film Adaptation.