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The magic island / by W.B. Seabrook ; illustrated with drawings by Alexander King and photographs by the author   Author:  Seabrook, William 1884-1945 author Title:  The magic island / by W.B. Seabrook ; illustrated with drawings by Alexander King and photographs by the author Publisher:  New York Harcourt, Brace and Company [1929] Copyright:  1929 Description:  x, 336 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, music, portraits 23 cm Related Elec. Res.:  Digital bookplate, NMAFMAI copy 39088018682930:  http://www.sil.si.edu/link/?ks5PDA Summary:  Adventures and emotional experiences of an American author in Haiti Contents:  The Voodoo rites: Secret fires -- The way is opened and closed -- The petro sacrifice -- The "Ouanga" charm -- Goat-cry girl-cry -- The God incarnate -- Black sorcery: The altar of skulls -- " ... dead men working in the cane fields" -- Toussel's pale bride -- C elestine with a silver dish -- The tragic comedy: A blind man walking on eggs -- A nymph in bronze -- '"The truth is a beautiful thing" -- "Ladies and Gentlemen, the president!" -- But the truth becomes somewhat tangled -- Trails winding: The white king of La Gonave -- The black queen's court -- A torn scrap of paper -- Portrait of a "Gros N egre" -- "Polynice and his white" -- The 'Danse Congo" -- "No white man could be as dumb as that" -- Portrait of a scientist -- Morne la Selle adventure -- The soul of Haiti -- From the author's notebook Publications:  Reviewed by Michel Leiris in Documents (Paris) no. 6, novembre 1929, page 334 (N2.D61X volume 1 AFA) Local Note:  NMAF copy39088018682930 Gift of Barry Greenstein. NMAFMAI copy 39088018682930 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Adopt-a-Book program. Adopted by The R.E.A.D. Book Club of the American Public University System on November 1, 2021. Subject:  Black people -- Haiti Blacks -- Haiti Vodou -- Haiti Vodou -- Haiti Witchcraft -- Haiti Sorcellerie -- Haïti Vaudou -- Haïti Black people Blacks Manners and customs Manners and customs Vodou Vodou Witchcraft Witchcraft Haiti -- Social life and customs -- 20th century Haiti Haiti Catalog Source No.:  (OCoLC)173365 ISBN:  0766159086 9780766159082 Copy/Holding information Call No. Collection Barcode Status Due Date   F1926 .S43X African Art 39088001132737 Checked In   Request Copy Add Copy to MyList F1926 .S43X Anthropology 39088001132729 Checked In   Request Copy Add Copy to MyList F1926 .S43X National Museum of African American History and Culture Library Collection 39088018682930 Checked out 08/11/2025 Request Copy Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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