The rainy season: Haiti since DuvalierRecounting a series of personal journeys, each interwoven with scenes from Haiti's extraordinary past, the author brings to life the day-to-day realities of the politically turbulent country |
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Page 33
He grabbed her by the shoulders and tried to pull her into his dance, but she
wouldn't move. She just stood there in front of him with her arms still folded and
his hands on her shoulders. He began dancing more and more suggestively until
he ...
He grabbed her by the shoulders and tried to pull her into his dance, but she
wouldn't move. She just stood there in front of him with her arms still folded and
his hands on her shoulders. He began dancing more and more suggestively until
he ...
Page 263
"Using rough-and-ready expedients, including a rival of [the] corvee," write the
Heinls, "Marine district and subdistrict Gendarmerie commanders began the
enormous job of creating roads, bridges, water supply, telegraph lines ... in short,
...
"Using rough-and-ready expedients, including a rival of [the] corvee," write the
Heinls, "Marine district and subdistrict Gendarmerie commanders began the
enormous job of creating roads, bridges, water supply, telegraph lines ... in short,
...
Page 348
A panic began, but the priest calmed the congregation, and they began to sing a
Ti Legliz standard: "Let the Holy Spirit descend upon us. We have a single
mission for Haiti." They held hands in their pews as the rocks continued to fall
and ...
A panic began, but the priest calmed the congregation, and they began to sing a
Ti Legliz standard: "Let the Holy Spirit descend upon us. We have a single
mission for Haiti." They held hands in their pews as the rocks continued to fall
and ...
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| Title | The rainy season: Haiti since Duvalier |
| Author | Amy Wilentz |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671641867, 9780671641863 |
| Length | 427 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / General Political Science / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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