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A Rum affair : a true story of botanical fraud / Karl Sabbagh.

Sabbagh, Karl. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0306810603
  • ISBN: 9780306810602
  • Physical Description: viii, 276 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 1st Da Capo Press ed.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Da Capo Press, 2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
"A curious episode" -- Fields of inquiry -- The professor and the don -- Rumors -- The plan -- The forbidden island -- "Quoth the raven ..." -- "Is such a thing done?" -- The aftermath -- Seeds of doubt -- "A total muddlehead" -- The matter subsides -- "Broken, lost or never collected" -- Epilogue: Two monor mysteries.
Subject:
Heslop-Harrison, John William, 1881-1967.
Fraud in science > Great Britain > History.
Botanists > Great Britain > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library QK 31 .H39 S23 2001 286614 Stacks Reshelving -