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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... running . But it turned out that there were good runners here ; that Dieudonné Lamothe , with whom I ran in the Haitian mountains , was training and turning into a winning competi- tor , with some Caribbean championships to his credit ...
... running . But it turned out that there were good runners here ; that Dieudonné Lamothe , with whom I ran in the Haitian mountains , was training and turning into a winning competi- tor , with some Caribbean championships to his credit ...
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... running is a gift of the gods — and also a twenty - two - year - old retired Leopard named Desroses , a comer in the running line . We shook hands , exchanged compliments in French and Creole ; and , in low gear , climbed through the ...
... running is a gift of the gods — and also a twenty - two - year - old retired Leopard named Desroses , a comer in the running line . We shook hands , exchanged compliments in French and Creole ; and , in low gear , climbed through the ...
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... run no place else . He struck out with his geological explorations and his first wood factory , but he was happier in Port - au - Prince than in Queens . Haiti was an addiction , like run- ning ; sometimes painful , like running . I ...
... run no place else . He struck out with his geological explorations and his first wood factory , but he was happier in Port - au - Prince than in Queens . Haiti was an addiction , like run- ning ; sometimes painful , like running . I ...
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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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