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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... young student to my most recent visit in 1990 as a less - young traveler . I have changed some names and identi- fying details . As in the past , some of my Haitian friends will not be happy with my reporting ; but they know I keep ...
... young student to my most recent visit in 1990 as a less - young traveler . I have changed some names and identi- fying details . As in the past , some of my Haitian friends will not be happy with my reporting ; but they know I keep ...
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... young adventurers . At night , when we slept in a little guesthouse in Port - de - Paix , I heard soft singing outside my window , crawled out from under the mosquito netting , and went onto the second - floor balcony . A girl was ...
... young adventurers . At night , when we slept in a little guesthouse in Port - de - Paix , I heard soft singing outside my window , crawled out from under the mosquito netting , and went onto the second - floor balcony . A girl was ...
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... young wife , Gretchen , a police observer , Bienvenue l'Au- rore , the Minister , a young Mexican woman , and myself . Minister Constant seemed to believe that if he could convince us , his Emissary Tourists , that Haiti is a tourist ...
... young wife , Gretchen , a police observer , Bienvenue l'Au- rore , the Minister , a young Mexican woman , and myself . Minister Constant seemed to believe that if he could convince us , his Emissary Tourists , that Haiti is a tourist ...
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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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