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Language: English
Published by Viking Adult, 2008
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- Title
- The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire
- Author
- Joe Jackson
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0670018538
- ISBN 13
- 9780670018536
- Item weight
- 1.46 pounds
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. 20,000 first printing.
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About the Author
Joe Jackson is the author of one novel and four nonfiction titles, including Leavenworth Train, which was a finalist for the 2002 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. He worked for twelve years as an investigative reporter for the Virginian-Pilot, covering criminal justice and death row.
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