"The Plant Hunters: Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains" by Captain Mayne Reid is a story that follows the exciting and difficult lives of adventurous botanists who search for rare plants in faraway places. The story begins with Karl Linden, a young botanist from Bavaria, traveling to the Himalayan mountains with his brother Caspar and their guide, Ossaroo. Readers will quickly learn about the world of plant-hunting, where brave collectors go through rough lands and jungles to find special plants for gardens. The book introduces Karl Linden as a devoted botanist and shows why he chose this unusual job, setting the scene for exciting adventures with strange plants and animals in the Himalayas and teasing the struggles they will face.
The Plant Hunters: Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains
By Mayne Reid
Venture into the treacherous Himalayas with a team of plant hunters as they pursue rare botanical treasures, facing wild animals and untamed landscapes at every turn.
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About the AuthorThomas Mayne Reid was a British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life describe colonial policy in the American colonies, the horrors of slave labour, and the lives of American Indians. "Captain" Reid wrote adventure novels akin to those by Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), and Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). They were set mainly in the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. He was an admirer of Lord Byron. His novel Quadroon (1856), an anti-slavery work, was later adapted as a play entitled The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault and produced in New York.
Thomas Mayne Reid was a British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life describe colonial policy in the American colonies, the horrors of slave labour, and the lives of American Indians. "Captain" Reid wrote adventure novels akin to those by Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), and Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). They were set mainly in the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. He was an admirer of Lord Byron. His novel Quadroon (1856), an anti-slavery work, was later adapted as a play entitled The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault and produced in New York.
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