Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in HaitiPrentice Hall Press, 1991 - 303 pages Beautiful, bizarre, dangerous, exotic; a Garden of Eden fallen into disrepair. This is Herbert Gold's Haiti. In this impassioned memoir, he reflects on the country's history and folklore, its people and politics, capturing the essence of this land where tragedy is the music to which the people dance. |
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... Doc ( he saved his life by astute in- formation gathering during a coup attempt ) , a great friend of Baby Doc , a tourist official , journalist , eager gossip , chaser of foreign women , art dealer . He also had a classical education ...
... Doc ( he saved his life by astute in- formation gathering during a coup attempt ) , a great friend of Baby Doc , a tourist official , journalist , eager gossip , chaser of foreign women , art dealer . He also had a classical education ...
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... Baby Doc was coming soon . There had been a number of ineffectual attempts ; a small band from Florida was quickly exterminated . Perhaps a hundred well - armed and determined men could do it , arousing the people and scaring off the ...
... Baby Doc was coming soon . There had been a number of ineffectual attempts ; a small band from Florida was quickly exterminated . Perhaps a hundred well - armed and determined men could do it , arousing the people and scaring off the ...
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... Doc and Baby Doc . At times his star shown less brightly . Women tourists complained that the Minister knocked on their doors at inconvenient times of the night . At one period he was defiantly proud of saving the life of Papa Doc ...
... Doc and Baby Doc . At times his star shown less brightly . Women tourists complained that the Minister knocked on their doors at inconvenient times of the night . At one period he was defiantly proud of saving the life of Papa Doc ...
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Chapter Three LoupgarousWerewolvesHobgoblins | 37 |
Chapter Four The Renaissance of the Fifties | 51 |
Chapter Five Combat de Coqs | 69 |
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