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Tell My Horse

Name: Tell My Horse
ISBN: 9780061695131

Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica

Zora Neale Hurston

HarperCollins · December 30, 2008

Reading lane: Literary Collections / American / African American

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica

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Good for readers who enjoy Literary Collections / American / African American
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Book Details

Authors: Zora Neale Hurston
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: December 30, 2008
Themes: History, Study, Political.
Reading lane: American and Cultural & Ethnic Studies.
Publisher: HarperCollins.

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Literary Collections / American / African American
74%
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies
73%
Fiction / African American / Historical
72%

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About This Book

“Strikingly dramatic, yet simple and unrestrained . . . an unusual and intensely interesting book richly packed with strange information.” —New York Times Book Review Based on Zora Neale Hurston’s personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica, where she participated as an initiate rather than just an observer of voodoo practices during her visits in the 1930s, this travelogue into a dark world paints a vividly authentic picture of the ceremonies, customs, and superstitions of vo...

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