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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A Life in Haiti Herbert Gold. and talked with Monsieur Luc Pierre - Paul , Conducteur - en - Chef de la Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de la République d'Haiti . The title gave him the right to use his teeth on the tickets , since his ...
A Life in Haiti Herbert Gold. and talked with Monsieur Luc Pierre - Paul , Conducteur - en - Chef de la Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de la République d'Haiti . The title gave him the right to use his teeth on the tickets , since his ...
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... Monsieur Constant wheeled past the gasoline drums in the road , accelerated , and we sped down the road to Port - au- Prince , the capital , and the known world beyond it . After a moment of silence , Bruno spoke : " Excellence ...
... Monsieur Constant wheeled past the gasoline drums in the road , accelerated , and we sped down the road to Port - au- Prince , the capital , and the known world beyond it . After a moment of silence , Bruno spoke : " Excellence ...
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... Monsieur Herard , with a deep chuckle . His wife and sons gathered to gaze over his shoulder . There was silence . Jean - Bernard , whose mother is Haitian , asked : " Why the cock , why the feathers , why were they wearing red ...
... Monsieur Herard , with a deep chuckle . His wife and sons gathered to gaze over his shoulder . There was silence . Jean - Bernard , whose mother is Haitian , asked : " Why the cock , why the feathers , why were they wearing red ...
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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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