Wildflower by Mark Seal
From her passion for animals to her storybook love affair, to her hard-fought crusade to save Kenya's beautiful Lake Naivasha, WILDFLOWER is naturalist, filmmaker and lifelong conservationist joan Root's gripping life story - a stunning and moving love story featuring a remarkable modern-day heroine. After 20 years of spectacular, unparalleled wildlife filmmaking together Joan and Alan Root divorced and a fascinating woman found her own voice. Renowned journalist Mark Seal offers this breathtaking, culturally relevant portrait of a strong woman discovering herself and fighting for her beliefs before her mysterious and brutal murder. With a cast as wild, wondrous and unpredictable as Africa itself, WILDFLOWER is a real-life adventure tale set in the world's disappearing wilderness. Rife with personal revelation, intrigue, corruption and murder, readers will remember Joan Root's extraordinary journey long after they turn the last page of this utterly compelling book.
'Root's life and unsolved death are grippingly recounted by Vanity Fair writer Mark Seal in a new book' HARPERS BAZAAR 'From her work with animals in Kenya to her untimely death, naturalist Joan Root's life was full of passion... [Seal] reveals the remarkable life of the woman who first filmed Africa's annual migrations' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'a romantic, heroic and tragic biography... Seal's account of her daring organisation and subsidy of a "task force" to turn poachers over to the police is vivid, detailed and ultimately melancholy.' IRISH TIMES 'an extraordinary account of a woman who fell in love with a man and a country, and was let down by both... a life rife with intrigue and adventure.' WANDERLUST
Mark Seal has been a journalist for 34 years. Currently a contributing editor at VANITY FAIR, he has written for a long list of major magazines and served as a collaborator on almost 20 non fiction books. He lives in Aspen, Colorado.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780297860150 |
| ISBN 10 | 0297860151 |
| Title | Wildflower |
| Author | Mark Seal |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2010-04-08 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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