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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... people should do every weekend to remind themselves of Carnival time . These days one didn't bamboche very much . But one could continue painting . THE PETER - PAUL POPULATION A friend in San Francisco 269 BEST NIGHTMARE ON EARTH.
... people should do every weekend to remind themselves of Carnival time . These days one didn't bamboche very much . But one could continue painting . THE PETER - PAUL POPULATION A friend in San Francisco 269 BEST NIGHTMARE ON EARTH.
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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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