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About the Author
Robert Debs Heinl, deceased, and Nancy Gordon Heinl, both writers and historians, lived in Haiti from 1959 to 1963. Robert Heinl was Chief of the U.S. Naval Mission to Haiti until he was declared persona non grata by Francois Duvalier. He retired from the Marine Corps in 1964 and wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column until his death in 1979. Nancy Gordon Heinl was an independent writer and journalist who wrote extensively on black history and voodoo. Born in London, she came to the United States in 1933. She died in 1997. Michael Heinl received his B.A. from Johns Hopkins and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is an international business consultant in Washington, D.C.
Reviews
The turbulent history of Haiti is related in a well-researched and highly readable narrative...Praised by all who have read it as the only complete and fully documented history of Haiti in any language, 'Written in Blood' is certain to become a classic. * Proceedings Magazine, (U.S. Naval Institute) *
As spellbinding as Voodoo, 'Written in Blood' is a matchless history of Haiti and the Haitian people. * William Manchester *
The Heinls tell [this] tragic story well. * Footsteps Magazine *
There is no work in the English language that even approaches the extravagant wealth of information the Heinls have assembled about the world's first black republic. * Washington Star *
There is no work in the English language that even approaches the extravagant wealth of information the Heinls have assembled about the world's first black republic. * Washington Star *
Book Information
ISBN 9780761831778
Author Robert Debs Heinl
Format Paperback
Page Count 882
Imprint University Press of America
Publisher University Press of America
Weight(grams) 1168g
Dimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm * 45mm