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Description edit
In 1982, Harvard-trained ethnobotanist Wade Davis traveled into the Haitian countryside to research reports of zombies—the infamous living dead of Haitian folklore. A report by a team of physicians of a verifiable case of zombification led him to try to obtain the poison associated with the... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Clairvius Narcisse: Add a description of this character.
- Kennedy
- Douyon
- Zora Neale Hurston
- Watt
- Davis
- Herskovits
- Fukuda
- Saint Domingue
- Marc
- Toussaint
- Rotberg
- Tani
- James
- Bastien
- Knab
- Diodon
- Mosher
- Watson
- Mintz
- Guinee
- Sphoeroides
- Bourguignon
- Schlegel
- Kerboull
- Hofmann
- Richardson
- Akashi
- Jensen
- Laguerre
- Chen
- Sabom
- Francois Duvalier
- Seabrook
- Gomez
- Mammes
- Fuhrman
- Murray
- Bloch
- Weil
- Henri Christophe
- Leclerc
- Hashimoto
Setting & Locations edit
- Haiti
- Vodounist
- Bizango
- West Africa
- Leyburn
- Port-au-prince
- Europe
- France
- Gonaives
- Japan
- Dahomey
- Australia
- United States
- Tetrodotoxin
- Calabar
- India
- Paris
- Cuba
- South America
- Mexico
- Jamaica
- Tonton Macoute
- Sierra Leone
- Leogane
- Albizia
- Pradel
- Kiev
- Peru
- Artibonite Valley
- London
- St. John
First Sentence edit
Following his first voyage, when asked by Isabella to describe the island of Hispaniola, Columbus took the nearest piece of paper, crumpled it in his hand, and threw it on the table.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Wade Davis (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 299.65
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