The Thief at the End of the World
Joe Jackson
Duckworth Books, 2009
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In 1876, a man named Henry Wickham smuggled seventy thousand rubber tree seeds out of the rain forests of Brazil and delivered them to Victorian England's most prestigious scientists at Kew Gardens. This title presents the story of how Wickham got his hands on those seeds - a sought-after prize for many suffered and died - is the stuff of legend.
- ISBN-13
- 9780715637944
- ISBN-10
- 0715637940
- Publisher
- Duckworth Books
- Year
- 2009
- Publication date
- 2009-08-21
- Pages
- 432
- Dimensions
- 195x131x30
- Weight
- 292