The Thief At The End Of The World. Rubber, Power, And The Seeds Of Empire by Joe Jackson

The Thief At The End Of The World. Rubber, Power, And The Seeds Of Empire

Joe Jackson

432 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science adventurous informative slow-paced
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This book tells the true story of how rubber was brought out of the Amazon and taken around the world in a tale of colonial recklessness and adventure that takes the reader from the jungles of South America, to tropical Asia via the Victorian gard...

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