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Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Death in Africa
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ISBN
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9780812979091
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Publisher
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Subject
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Biography: General
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Binding
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PAPERBACK
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Pages
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272
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Year
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2010
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With compassion and an unswerving regard for the truth, veteran journalist Mark Seal lays bare the deeply moving, inspirational story of Joan Root, a dedicated environmentalist and Oscar-nominated wildlife filmmaker. He covers her early days in Kenya as a shy young woman with an almost uncanny ability to connect to animals; her whirlwind courtship with the dashing Alan Root, their marriage, and the twenty years of nonstop adventure and passionate romance that followed, both in Africa and around the world; the shattering disintegration of the marriage and partnership; and Joanx2019;s triumphant struggle to reinvent herself as the protector of her lakeshore communityx2019;s fragile ecosystemx2014;a struggle that would lead to her tragic death in January 2006. Joan Root dreamed of a bright future for Kenya, a country blessed with unmatched beauty but scarred by decades of colonization and a culture of corruption. She spent her life fighting to make that dream a reality. Her life ended too soon, but x201C;thanks to Sealx2019;s meticulous re-creation, her extraordinary life lives on.x201D; (People, four-star review)
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Author Biography
Mark Seal has been a journalist for more than thirty years. Currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, he has written for many major magazines and served as a collaborator on almost twenty nonfiction books. Although he has written thousands of stories, Seal says none has struck a chord with readers more than the story of the incredible life and brutal death of Joan Root, which he originally reported in the August 2006 issue of Vanity Fair. He lives in Aspen, Colorado.From the Hardcover edition.
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