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 The Thief at the End of the World, Rubber, Power and the Seeds of Empire Joe Jackson BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 2008 • HARD COVER • 448 PAGES
This riveting portrait of the determined, unscrupulous Henry Wickham, the man who smuggled rubber tree seeds out of the Amazon, provides a good look at Victorian Britain's profiteering in South America.
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