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... grandfather raised his champagne cup in front of the assembled guests , hand , and voice shaking , to toast the newlyweds : " You are getting a soldier's wife ! " He sputtered , eying the groom . My grandfather was sobbing . He had been ...
... grandfather raised his champagne cup in front of the assembled guests , hand , and voice shaking , to toast the newlyweds : " You are getting a soldier's wife ! " He sputtered , eying the groom . My grandfather was sobbing . He had been ...
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... grandfather . According to family history , Pasteur Ledan was reputed to have ridden on a horse from Les Cayes , stopping only to change his mount , all the way to the capital city of Port - au - Prince , galloped past a sentry straight ...
... grandfather . According to family history , Pasteur Ledan was reputed to have ridden on a horse from Les Cayes , stopping only to change his mount , all the way to the capital city of Port - au - Prince , galloped past a sentry straight ...
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... Grandfather Benedict also taught at the Episcopalian Seminary there . Relatives from the provinces , mainly les Cayes squeezed into the family home in Port - au - Prince as the need arose . The townsfolk of Les Cayes kept a watchful eye ...
... Grandfather Benedict also taught at the Episcopalian Seminary there . Relatives from the provinces , mainly les Cayes squeezed into the family home in Port - au - Prince as the need arose . The townsfolk of Les Cayes kept a watchful eye ...
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... grandfather Benedict had left the legacy of a good name to his nine children and their descen- dents and a firm place in the Haitian middle class . The town's people of Les Cayes paid homage to this legacy . My father was respected ...
... grandfather Benedict had left the legacy of a good name to his nine children and their descen- dents and a firm place in the Haitian middle class . The town's people of Les Cayes paid homage to this legacy . My father was respected ...
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... grandfather's penchant for meddling with Haitian politics earned him other brushes with death . Manman remembers her father hobbling home one night with a bullet in one leg and of having a group of Cacos , the redoubtable revolutionary ...
... grandfather's penchant for meddling with Haitian politics earned him other brushes with death . Manman remembers her father hobbling home one night with a bullet in one leg and of having a group of Cacos , the redoubtable revolutionary ...
Conteúdo
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57 | |
The making of a refugee | 103 |
Refugee | 139 |
A single blue suitcase well traveled | 173 |
Liberated daughter of a troubled people | 217 |
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