"The Orchid Theif" by Susan Orlean

"In 1994, I headed down to Florida to investigate the story of John Laroche...I never imagined that I would end up spending the next two years shadowing Laroche and exploring the odd, passionate world of orchid fanatics. I certainly never imagined that I would willingly hike through the swamps of South Florida..." Susan Orlean writes about her time in Florida hunting rare orchids in this non-fiction book that takes us from an objective to a …

…Orlean had maintained an objective viewpoint while writing this novel, we never could have seen that. Works Cited 1.<Tab/>Dictionary.com. 2000. Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. 28 Dec. 2005 <http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=literary>. 2.<Tab/>Orlean, Susan. "The Orchid Thief." Susan Orlean. 2002. 28 Dec. 2005 <http://susanorlean.com/books/index.html>. 3. Orlean, Susan. The Orchid Thief. New York City: Random House Group, 2000.