Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in Haiti (DESTINATIONS)

By Herbert Gold

Book Overview

Five decades ago, award-winning author Herbert Gold traveled to Haiti on a Caribbean version of the Fulbright Scholarship This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671755161
• ISBN13: 9780671755164
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Touchstone
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Colorful account

While making no claims to be objective, this colorful account of Gold's 2 years in Haiti and dozens of trips in the 50 years since then, captures all the wild contradictions of the magical but suffering country.

Haiti

This is an amazing book. I have traveled to Hait 5 times, my longest stay being four months. This book made me feel as if I was back in the country I love so much. I would recommend this book to anyone who's heart has been grasped by this country.

Highly amusing, informative & , sometimes, touching.

I just had to respond because the only response posted is so off the mark! Gold clearly has a deep love & respect for Haiti & Haitians. He also has a wicked sense of humour & he apparently does not feel the need to whitewash what he sees. We must have read two different books!