{"product_id":"tell-my-horse-voodoo-and-life-in-haiti-and-jamaica-9780061695131","title":"Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Strikingly dramatic, yet simple and unrestrained . . . an unusual and intensely interesting book richly packed with strange information.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--New York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on Zora Neale Hurston's personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica, where she participated as an initiate rather than just an observer of voodoo practices during her visits in the 1930s, this travelogue into a dark world paints a vividly authentic picture of the ceremonies, customs, and superstitions of voodoo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHurston, Zora Neale:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eZora Neale Hurston was a novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist. An author of four novels (\u003cem\u003eJonah's Gourd Vine\u003c\/em\u003e, 1934; \u003cem\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God\u003c\/em\u003e, 1937; \u003cem\u003eMoses, Man of the Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, 1939; and \u003cem\u003eSeraph on the Suwanee\u003c\/em\u003e, 1948); two books of folklore (\u003cem\u003eMules and Men\u003c\/em\u003e, 1935, and \u003cem\u003eTell My Horse\u003c\/em\u003e, 1938); an autobiography (\u003cem\u003eDust Tracks on a Road\u003c\/em\u003e, 1942); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays. She attended Howard University, Barnard College and Columbia University, and was a graduate of Barnard College in 1927. She was born on January 7, 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama, and grew up in Eatonville, Florida. She died in Fort Pierce, in 1960. In 1973, Alice Walker had a headstone placed at her gravesite with this epitaph: \"Zora Neale Hurston: A Genius of the South.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600442036498,"sku":"9780061695131","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e7cb061b-ae91-4c8f-ad8f-481e655ac7d7.jpg?v=1732213604","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tell-my-horse-voodoo-and-life-in-haiti-and-jamaica-9780061695131","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}