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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... election with the words : " The game is already decided . We await this new episode . " Another newspaper divided its front page between news of kill- ings and arrests of those urging boycott of the election , and an article quoting ...
... election with the words : " The game is already decided . We await this new episode . " Another newspaper divided its front page between news of kill- ings and arrests of those urging boycott of the election , and an article quoting ...
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... election time . Electricité- election . " The fire trucks pulled their hoses and headed away , sirens screaming , while flames were still shooting out the windows and debris crackled in the street . Evidently they had another call . It ...
... election time . Electricité- election . " The fire trucks pulled their hoses and headed away , sirens screaming , while flames were still shooting out the windows and debris crackled in the street . Evidently they had another call . It ...
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... election of November 29 , 1988 , supposed to be honest , was aborted by killings credited to the Army and the ma- coutes . This new election did not include the most popular candidates ; yet the United States seemed ready to recognize ...
... election of November 29 , 1988 , supposed to be honest , was aborted by killings credited to the Army and the ma- coutes . This new election did not include the most popular candidates ; yet the United States seemed ready to recognize ...
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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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