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Title: Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie by Wade Davis, Richard E. Schultes, Robert Farris Thompson ISBN: 0-8078-4210-9 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: May, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great work - He also did the leg work
Comment: I actually met Wade Davis when he came to Haiti to do his research on his book, and I know personnaly manny of the characters in the book. Wade did an excellent job in portraying what goes on in the underworld of Haiti.
The chapter when he talks about the driver of the commandant of St Marc who was actually a secret society leader and actually had more power and influence than his boss is really key point in the balance of power in Haiti. Those who seem to be nobodies sometimes have more power than presidents
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting, informative
Comment: While the information in the book can be gotten elsewhere these days, Davis' text holds together quite well, and without caving in to any commercial artiface. The term "ethnobiology" seems a little much, however -- I am not sure that any new theoretical ground has been surveyed.
Rating: 4
Summary: Fascinating, but why no follow up
Comment: This is an excellent well written and well researched book that gripped my like few non-fiction books ever have, yet, it leaves science minded people hanging. After all the research Davis conducted it makes no sense that he failed to follow up with experimentation using tetrodotoxin in a laboratory setting. It seems that he comes so close to finding a new use for this sodium blocking drug but fails to follow up. Maybe he has and I just haven't been able to find it despite extensive efforts. If you know of any follow-up please e-mail me
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Title: The SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW by Wade Davis ISBN: 0684839296 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 05 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Shadows in the Sun : Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire by Wade Davis ISBN: 0767904028 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 12 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: ONE RIVER by Wade Davis ISBN: 0684834960 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 05 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Voodoo in Haiti by Alfred Metraux ISBN: 0805208941 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 29 April, 1989 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures by Wade Davis ISBN: 0792264746 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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