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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... visitors . There were some visiting American Jews , two Israelis . There was no community , no rabbi , no shared spirit - this lack was nothing new to me . I had lived my life without a Jewish community , with only a few habits dimly ...
... visitors . There were some visiting American Jews , two Israelis . There was no community , no rabbi , no shared spirit - this lack was nothing new to me . I had lived my life without a Jewish community , with only a few habits dimly ...
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... visitors , storing the money on his desk and the stationery in the safe . A band serenaded diners on the gracefully decaying terrace . I marked the passage of years as the children of the band grew older , but no less enthusiastic about ...
... visitors , storing the money on his desk and the stationery in the safe . A band serenaded diners on the gracefully decaying terrace . I marked the passage of years as the children of the band grew older , but no less enthusiastic about ...
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... visitors to the International Casino , " open again , under the direction of Mike McLaney . " Little balls splashed into metallic dishes . Little clicks hopped around grand devices . Little rumors about own- ership flew by the telejiol ...
... visitors to the International Casino , " open again , under the direction of Mike McLaney . " Little balls splashed into metallic dishes . Little clicks hopped around grand devices . Little rumors about own- ership flew by the telejiol ...
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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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