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Wildflower by Mark Seal (2009, Hardcover) 
Wildflower by Mark Seal (2009, Hardcover)

 
Wildflower by Mark Seal (2009, Hardcover)

Author: Mark Seal
Publisher: Random House Inc
Publication Date: 2009-05-26
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1400067367
ISBN-13: 9781400067367
Product ID: EPID70883414
Description: Journalist Mark Seal set out to investigate the tragic death of environmentalist Joan Root, but he ended up telling the amazing story of her life. In 2006, the 69-year-old Root was murdered by gunmen in her home in Kenya, in what police ...
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Journalist Mark Seal set out to investigate the tragic death of environmentalist Joan Root, but he ended up telling the amazing story of her life. In 2006, the 69-year-old Root was murdered by gunmen in her home in Kenya, in what police believed was a botched robbery. As Seal began to look into the case, he found that it was far more likely that Root was intentionally targeted by the poachers and/or urban developers she had dedicated her life to stopping. In his research, Seal uncovered Root's diaries and letters and gradually became enchanted with the love story that defined her remarkable life. He finds that Root was a vibrant soul who fell in love with her husband Alan against the spectacular backdrop of colonialist Kenya, and the two spent twenty years pursuing adventure and producing award-winning nature documentaries. As Kenya developed, the unique wilderness began to disintegrate, causing Root to reinvent herself as a political activist promoting conservation, a crusade which likely led to her terrible death.

Details
Publication Date:2009-05-26

Size
Length:232 pages
Height:9.5 in
Width:6.3 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:16.8 oz

Industry Reviews
"Seal's effort is a seamless story redolent with adventure, passion and heartbreak; it's beauty nearly eclipses the tragedy of Root's untimely --and unsolved-- death..."
(04/13/2009)

"Seal's gripping chronicle of naturalist Root's life of adventure and loss, beauty and brutality, is fascinating on many fronts..." (starred review)
(06/01/2009)

"[Joan Root] led an astonishing life....The best aspect of WILDFLOWER is Seal's ability to pull various elements into a compelling narrative: the personal love story. The physical splendor of Africa and its endangered wildlife."
(07/08/2009)

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