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The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power and the Seeds of Empire
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Hardcover
from Viking Pr (February 28, 2008)
9780670018536 | details & prices | 414 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $27.95
About: Traces the dramatic efforts of Henry Wickham to obtain and smuggle an invaluable cache of rubber tree seeds out of the Brazilian rainforest and into Victorian England, where they gave way to the early twentieth century's rubber boom.
About: Traces the dramatic efforts of Henry Wickham to obtain and smuggle an invaluable cache of rubber tree seeds out of the Brazilian rainforest and into Victorian England, where they gave way to the early twentieth century's rubber boom.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (February 24, 2009); titled "The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire"
9780143114611 | details & prices | 414 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $17.00
About: The amazing tale of one of history's most daring acts of biopiracy-and how it changed history In this thrilling real-life account of bravery, greed, obsession, and ultimate betrayal, award- winning writer Joe Jackson brings to life the story of fortune hunter Henry Wickham and his collaboration with the empire that fueled, then abandoned him.
About: The amazing tale of one of history's most daring acts of biopiracy-and how it changed history In this thrilling real-life account of bravery, greed, obsession, and ultimate betrayal, award- winning writer Joe Jackson brings to life the story of fortune hunter Henry Wickham and his collaboration with the empire that fueled, then abandoned him.