Jackson Joe:
The Thief At The End Of The World
Rubber, Power And The Obsessions Of Henry Wickham
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd (United Kingdom), 2009
Paperback, 432 pages
Size: 198x129 mm
ISBN: 9780715637944
ISBN-10: 0715637940
List price: £9.99
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The Thief At The End Of The World
In 1876, a man named Henry Wickham smuggled seventy thousand rubber tree seeds out of the rain forests of Brazil and delivered them to Victorian England's most prestigious scientists at Kew Gardens. This title presents the story of how Wickham got his hands on those seeds - a sought-after prize for many suffered and died - is the stuff of legend.
