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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... Colonel André . But I was abruptly pushed into one chauffeured military Buick while my wife was urged into the limousine of the Colonel . Oh - oh , I thought , this will be a contest of wills , the Hero of the Haitian Military vs. The ...
... Colonel André . But I was abruptly pushed into one chauffeured military Buick while my wife was urged into the limousine of the Colonel . Oh - oh , I thought , this will be a contest of wills , the Hero of the Haitian Military vs. The ...
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... colonel's lips bubbled fresh tomato juice . He agreed . Yess . " Impossible ! " Morgen wailed . " Possible , " said the colonel , a student of advanced Haitian mathematics . Morgen found himself one midnight being awakened by gentle ...
... colonel's lips bubbled fresh tomato juice . He agreed . Yess . " Impossible ! " Morgen wailed . " Possible , " said the colonel , a student of advanced Haitian mathematics . Morgen found himself one midnight being awakened by gentle ...
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... Colonel Chocolate , the French collaborator , I found the American former colonel deeply engrossed by rum . He was liverish , emaciated , and noisy on his stool at the bar . He had been an intelligence officer in Vietnam ; he spoke ...
... Colonel Chocolate , the French collaborator , I found the American former colonel deeply engrossed by rum . He was liverish , emaciated , and noisy on his stool at the bar . He had been an intelligence officer in Vietnam ; he spoke ...
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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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