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 in his clapped-out van, feverishly chasing each emerging bloom, Leif Bersweden takes the reader on a remarkable botanical journey.This study of the 52 native species is a fantastic gateway into the compendious world of orchids one that will open your eyes to the rare hidden delights to be found on hilltops and riverbanks, in woodland, marsh and field.
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Short Books Ltd
ISBN-13
9781780723341
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12046423654
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The Orchid Hunter: a Young Botanist's Search for Happiness