Wildflower
Trade Paperback
An extraordinary life and untimely death in Africa
WILDFLOWER is naturalist, filmmaker and lifelong conservationist Joan Root's gripping life story - a stunning and moving tale featuring a remarkable modern-day heroine.
After twenty 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 of characters as wild, wondrous and unpredictable as Africa itself, WILDFLOWER is a real-life adventure tale set in the world's fast-disappearing wilderness. Full of personal revelation, intrigue, corruption and murder, readers will remember Joan Root's extraordinary journey long after they turn the last page.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9780733624377
- Author: Mark Seal
- Pub date: 01.04.10
- RRP: $39.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Mark Seal
Mark Seal has been a journalist for thirty-four 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 twenty nonfiction books. Seal lives in Aspen, Colorado.