Wildflower: An extraordinary life and untimely death in Africa

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Wildflower is naturalist, filmmaker and lifelong conservationist Joan Root's gripping life story, a stunning and moving tale of a remarkable modern-day heroine. After twenty years of spectacular, unparalleled wildlife filmmaking together, Joan and Alan Root divorced and a fascinating woman found her own voice. Journalist Mark Seal offers this breathtaking, culturally relevant portrait of a strong woman discovering herself and fighting for her beliefs before her mysterious and brutal murder. With a cast of characters as wild, wondrous and unpredictable as Africa itself, Wildflower is a real-life adventure tale set in the world's fast-disappearing wilderness. Full of personal revelation, intrigue, corruption and murder, readers will remember Joan Root's extraordinary journey long after they turn the last page.

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Mark Seal has been a journalist for thirty-four years. Currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, he has written for a long list of major magazines and served as a collaborator on almost twenty nonfiction books. Seal lives in Aspen, Colorado.