The orchid hunter : a young botanist's search for happiness / Leif Bersweden.
The orchid hunter : a young botanist's search for happiness / Leif Bersweden.
The orchid hunter : a young botanist's search for happiness / Leif Bersweden.
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Publisher
London : Short Books, 2017.
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G 2018/4936
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Language
English
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Physical content
363 pages, [16] pages of plates ; 21 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: A bee's eye view -- Shakespeare's long purples -- Stumped by Ireland's Mediterranean orchid -- The loose flowers of Jersey -- The lady of the woods and her hanged man -- Orchids of the Emerald Isle -- Swords of the Hampshire Hangers -- The desirable category of very rare orchids -- But...
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Publisher
London : Short Books, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
He has just a few months to complete his quest - no one has ever done it before - and it will require ingenuity, stamina and a large dose of luck. Like Two Owls at Eton and My Family and Other Animals, this is a charming, witty account of a precocious adolescent's obsession with the natural world. As he battles the vagaries of the British climate i...
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The orchid hunter : a young botanist's search for happiness / Leif Bersweden.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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G 2018/4936
Record Identifier
74VKVkeN60ed
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVkeN60ed
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ISBN
1780723342 hardcover
9781780723341 hardcover
DDC
584.150222
MMS ID
991024185508702626
