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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... looked like blue nylon shirts and horn - rimmed glasses , some kneeling , all piously carrying identical books that looked convincingly like the Good Book . These bears are Haitians , aren't they , Jasmin ? And these rabbits are white ...
... looked like blue nylon shirts and horn - rimmed glasses , some kneeling , all piously carrying identical books that looked convincingly like the Good Book . These bears are Haitians , aren't they , Jasmin ? And these rabbits are white ...
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... looked on the bright side . Papa Doc seemed to take special vengeance on his former profes- sion . To replace the doctors killed or gone into exile , the once- respected medical school was cranking out semiliterate graduates . Macoute ...
... looked on the bright side . Papa Doc seemed to take special vengeance on his former profes- sion . To replace the doctors killed or gone into exile , the once- respected medical school was cranking out semiliterate graduates . Macoute ...
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... looked white all over . Venture capital had found a hidden unspoiled spot that deserved development . As the sign in Dr. François Duvalier Interna- tional Airport said : " My Father made the political revolution . I , I will make the ...
... looked white all over . Venture capital had found a hidden unspoiled spot that deserved development . As the sign in Dr. François Duvalier Interna- tional Airport said : " My Father made the political revolution . I , I will make the ...
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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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