A Rum Affair: A True Story Of Botanical Fraud
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A Rum Affair: A True Story Of Botanical Fraud

by Karl Sabbagh
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British botanist John Heslop Harrison rose to fame after claiming to have discovered several species of rare plants on the mysterious Isle of Rum off the west coast...

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AuthorKarl Sabbagh
First published2000
Era2000 onward
PublisherFarrar Straus Giroux
LanguageEnglish
FormatHardcover
ConditionFine
Reference1628085-fine

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British botanist John Heslop Harrison rose to fame after claiming to have discovered several species of rare plants on the mysterious Isle of Rum off the west coast of Scotland. Having stumbled across a veiled reference in an amateur botanist's obituary, Sabbagh now raises questions of a 50-year-old fraud. of photos.

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