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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Death in Africa

Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Death in Africa

Seal, Mark

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ISBN10: 0812979095
ISBN13: 9780812979091
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: Jul 13 2010
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.22 Depth: 8.12
Language: English
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 Joan's triumphant struggle to reinvent herself as the protector of her lakeshore community's fragile ecosystem--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 thanks to Seal's meticulous re-creation, her extraordinary life lives on. (People, four-star review)

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