Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in HaitiSimon & Schuster, 1992 - 303 pages A kaleidoscopic memoir of a 35-year love affair with mysterious, exotic Haiti. The dialogue the author conducts with this beleaguered island is rich with surprising revelations and startling juxtapositions. "The best all-encompassing explanation of this . . . tragic island country that I have read".--Digby Diehl, Playboy. |
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... planned . ) 12 ) Near Cap Haitien : the French armies were defeated in the climactic Battle of Vertieres . At its reenactment in 1954 , 150 years later , I tried to comfor the sobbing wife of the French ambassador , who seemed to be ...
... planned . ) 12 ) Near Cap Haitien : the French armies were defeated in the climactic Battle of Vertieres . At its reenactment in 1954 , 150 years later , I tried to comfor the sobbing wife of the French ambassador , who seemed to be ...
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... planned to ship them to Florida . He would get rich on delicious little year - round Haitian tomatoes . He borrowed money and took the required uniformed Haitian partners . Sometimes they came to inspect the fields and took a bite from ...
... planned to ship them to Florida . He would get rich on delicious little year - round Haitian tomatoes . He borrowed money and took the required uniformed Haitian partners . Sometimes they came to inspect the fields and took a bite from ...
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... planned to do about eleven miles ; I planned to do a couple of miles to the swinging bridge , where I might stop and admire the view while they shot ahead . The road , rutted but dry , springy , felt good . We ran past Madame Saras with ...
... planned to do about eleven miles ; I planned to do a couple of miles to the swinging bridge , where I might stop and admire the view while they shot ahead . The road , rutted but dry , springy , felt good . We ran past Madame Saras with ...
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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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