The Orchid Thief
The Orchid Thief is a 1998 narrative nonfiction book by American journalist Susan Orlean, based on her investigation of the 1994 arrest of horticulturist John Laroche and a group of Seminoles in South Florida for poaching rare orchids in the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve. == Description == The book is based on an article that Orlean wrote for The New Yorker, published in the magazine's January 23, 1995 issue.