A Rum affair : a true story of botanical fraud / Karl Sabbagh.
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TextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 276 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0374252823 (alk. paper)
- 9780374252823 (alk. paper)
- QK31.H39 S23 2000
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. 'A Curious Episode" 3 -- 2. Fields of Inquiry 12 -- 3. The Professor and the Don 28 -- 4. Rumors 52 -- 5. The Plan 73 -- 6. The Forbidden Island 88 -- 7. "Quoth the Raven" 107 -- 8. "Is Such a Thing Done?" 127 -- 9. The Aftermath 150 -- 10. Seeds of Doubt 162 -- 11. 'A Total Muddlehead" 190 -- 12. The Matter Subsides 220 -- 13. "Broken, Lost or Never Collected" 233 -- Epilogue: Two Minor Mysteries 250.