The serpent and the rainbow
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- ISBN: 0684839296 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 9780684839295 (pbk.)
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297 p. ; 22 cm. - Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, [1986]
Contents / Notes
General Note: | Subtitle on cover: A Harvard scientist's astonishing journey into the secret societies of Haitian voodoo, zombis, and magic. Originally published: 1985. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-284) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The jaguar -- "The frontier of death" -- The Calabar hypothesis -- White darkness and the living dead -- A lesson in history -- Everything is poison, nothing is poison -- Columns on a blackboard -- Voodoo death -- In summer the pilgrims walk -- Tell my horse -- Dancing in the lion's jaw -- Sweet as honey, bitter as bile -- Epilogue. |
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