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A scientific investigation and personal adventure story about zombis and the voudoun culture of Haiti by a Harvard scientist.
In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis—people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been officially declared dead and had been buried. Drawn into a netherworld of rituals and celebrations, Davis penetrated the vodoun mystique deeply enough to place zombification in its proper context within vodoun culture. In the course of his investigation, Davis came to realize that the story of vodoun is the history of Haiti—from
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Manufacturer: Touchstone
Release date: 5 August 1997
ISBN-10 : 0684839296 | ISBN-13: 9780684839295
Release date: 5 August 1997
ISBN-10 : 0684839296 | ISBN-13: 9780684839295
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World's Best Known Books and Stories (476 books items)"Written by: Wade Davis Published: Simon & Schuster Released: January 1, 1985 Number of pages: 305 “Risk discomfort and solitude for understanding.” "
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