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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... LEOPARDS Baby Doc's Leopards , a favored faction in the network of competing armed forces , emphasized sporting goods rather than battle - Ping- Pong , soccer , military consignments of athletic uniforms . The Prae- torian guard served ...
... LEOPARDS Baby Doc's Leopards , a favored faction in the network of competing armed forces , emphasized sporting goods rather than battle - Ping- Pong , soccer , military consignments of athletic uniforms . The Prae- torian guard served ...
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... leopard was tearing out the throat of a dog . The astrologer from Berkeley darted a look of consternation at me ... leopards tend to roam and stalk - they were big cats , getting bigger - and maybe that's why I was the only guest ...
... leopard was tearing out the throat of a dog . The astrologer from Berkeley darted a look of consternation at me ... leopards tend to roam and stalk - they were big cats , getting bigger - and maybe that's why I was the only guest ...
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... Leopards acting up without authority in the prov- inces , biting small children . The police chief launched into his investigative mode . He tele- phoned back to report : " Your Excellency , this Leopard is a leopard ! " " I want him ...
... Leopards acting up without authority in the prov- inces , biting small children . The police chief launched into his investigative mode . He tele- phoned back to report : " Your Excellency , this Leopard is a leopard ! " " I want him ...
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Chapter Three LoupgarousWerewolvesHobgoblins | 37 |
Chapter Four The Renaissance of the Fifties | 51 |
Chapter Five Combat de Coqs | 69 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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