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Author Sabbagh, Karl.

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

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000.

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Location Call No. Status
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  580.92 S    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description viii, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Heslop-Harrison, John William, 1881-1967.
Fraud in science -- Great Britain -- History.
Botanists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
ISBN 0374252823 alkaline paper
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