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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... airport tends to discourage tourism , He shook his plump jowls . " In our painstaking vigilance- Haitians , mon vieux , are renowned for their patriotism — we even looked in the Tampax at the new airport built entirely with Haitian ...
... airport tends to discourage tourism , He shook his plump jowls . " In our painstaking vigilance- Haitians , mon vieux , are renowned for their patriotism — we even looked in the Tampax at the new airport built entirely with Haitian ...
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... airport for the tourists , " said Minister Constant , abruptly alert , blowing his horn at the guard to open the barbed - wire gate . We drove up and down the landing strip . " Ah oui , Excellence ! " cried Bruno . " Will also be ...
... airport for the tourists , " said Minister Constant , abruptly alert , blowing his horn at the guard to open the barbed - wire gate . We drove up and down the landing strip . " Ah oui , Excellence ! " cried Bruno . " Will also be ...
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... airport with the por- trait of the boy President - for - Life in imperial uniform and the mes- sage : THE HOPE OF ALL THE PEOPLE . The cult of Baby Doc was part of the fun . The airport band played " Haiti Chérie , " " Panama'm Tombé ...
... airport with the por- trait of the boy President - for - Life in imperial uniform and the mes- sage : THE HOPE OF ALL THE PEOPLE . The cult of Baby Doc was part of the fun . The airport band played " Haiti Chérie , " " Panama'm Tombé ...
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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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