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The Signature Of All Things Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2011) Vicious threats and deadly trapsSpanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the Whittakersa family of botanical explorers, led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker, a poor born Englishman who makes his fortune in the South American quinine trade, and swiftly becomes the richest man in the New World. His daughter, Alma, born into great luxury in 1800, ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. She is brilliant and