An edition of The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic (1985)

The serpent and the rainbow

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An edition of The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic (1985)

The serpent and the rainbow

by and

  • ★★★★★ 5.00 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 71 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

A Harvard scientist's astonishing journey into the secret societies of Haitian voodoo, zombis, and magic.

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Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Language
English
Pages
297

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Subjects
Social life and customs, Description and travel, Zombiism, Bizango (Cult), Religious life and customs, Pharmacopoeias, Tetrodotoxin, Physiological effect, Datura stramonium, Voodooism, Travel, Manners and customs, Religion and Medicine, Pharmacology, Culture, Bizango (Culte), Zombis, Vie religieuse, Moeurs et coutumes, Descriptions et voyages, Histoire, Tétrodotoxine, Effets physiologiques, Pharmacopées, Droge, Wodu, Voodoo, Zombi, Datura, Haiti, social life and customs
People
Wade Davis
Places
Haiti

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Cover of: Serpent and the Rainbow
Serpent and the Rainbow
2010, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
in English
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The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Societies of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis, and Magic
August 5, 1997, Simon & Schuster
Paperback in English
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Serpent and the Rainbow
October 1994, Time Warner International
in English
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Serpent and the Rainbow
June 20, 1988, Random House Value Publishing
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The Serpent and the rainbow.
1987, Fontana / Collins
in English
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The serpent and the rainbow
1987, Warner Books
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The serpent and the rainbow
1986, Collins
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The serpent and the rainbow
1986, Stoddart
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The serpent and the rainbow
1985, Simon and Schuster
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The Serpent and the Rainbow: A Harvard Scientist's Astonishing Journey into the Secret Society of Haitian Voodoo, Zombis and Magic by Wade Davis
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New York

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 274-284.
Includes index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
299/.65
Library of Congress
BL2530.H3 D38 1985, BL2530.H3D38 1985

The Physical Object

Pagination
297 p. ;
Number of pages
297

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2540832M
Internet Archive
serpentrainbow0000davi
ISBN 10
0671502476
LCCN
85022114
OCLC/WorldCat
12548998
Library Thing
57112
Goodreads
54773

First Sentence

"MY FIRST MEETING with the man who would send me on my quest for the Haitian poison occurred on a damp miserable winter's day in late February 1974."

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