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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... regime , " he represented official American pol- icy , he was a paid " fomenter . " I was warned by a friendly visiting officer , who complimented me on the warm eyes and gracious smiles of my wife and daughters , that further ...
... regime , " he represented official American pol- icy , he was a paid " fomenter . " I was warned by a friendly visiting officer , who complimented me on the warm eyes and gracious smiles of my wife and daughters , that further ...
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... regime . I was informed that I would be turned back at the Port - au - Prince airport , if lucky , and if less lucky , admitted to the country , poisoned , shot , or " disappeared . " Although not many for- eigners suffered these ...
... regime . I was informed that I would be turned back at the Port - au - Prince airport , if lucky , and if less lucky , admitted to the country , poisoned , shot , or " disappeared . " Although not many for- eigners suffered these ...
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... regime . He liked what Jean Weiner had said : " I welcome you to the Land of Unlimited Impos- sibility . " Tourists drove past the billboard near the airport with the por- trait of the boy President - for - Life in imperial uniform and ...
... regime . He liked what Jean Weiner had said : " I welcome you to the Land of Unlimited Impos- sibility . " Tourists drove past the billboard near the airport with the por- trait of the boy President - for - Life in imperial uniform and ...
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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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