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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... took on urgent political weight . The American Embassy was a control , for bad or for good , on Haitian affairs . The opposition to the military government , neces- sarily revolutionary , was rooted in hopes of American approval . Dur ...
... took on urgent political weight . The American Embassy was a control , for bad or for good , on Haitian affairs . The opposition to the military government , neces- sarily revolutionary , was rooted in hopes of American approval . Dur ...
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... took it under advisement , and then answered , " Eh bien , Monsieur , allez - y . Je rec- ommande la mer . " ( " Go ahead , dear Sir . I recommend drowning . " ) It took work for Americans to connect . We were honored , too- much ...
... took it under advisement , and then answered , " Eh bien , Monsieur , allez - y . Je rec- ommande la mer . " ( " Go ahead , dear Sir . I recommend drowning . " ) It took work for Americans to connect . We were honored , too- much ...
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... took the required uniformed Haitian partners . Sometimes they came to inspect the fields and took a bite from a tomato , and when the juice ran down the lovely front of the Eisenhower combat jacket , an aide ran forward to wipe ...
... took the required uniformed Haitian partners . Sometimes they came to inspect the fields and took a bite from a tomato , and when the juice ran down the lovely front of the Eisenhower combat jacket , an aide ran forward to wipe ...
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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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