Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica.
HURSTON, Zora Neale.
Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica.
"One of God's best angels from right 'round the throne -- With admiration": First Edition of Zora Neale Hurston's Tell My Horse; Lengthily Inscribed by Her
Philadelphia : J.P. Lippincott Company, 1938.
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Item Number: 151570
First edition of Hurston’s classic work offering a vivid, firsthand account of her experiences in Haiti and Jamaica. Octavo, original cloth, top edge red, pictorial endpapers, with 26 illustrations. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Norma Gould — one of God’s best angels from right ’round the throne — With admiration, Zora Neale Hurston.” Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed and in the original dust jacket.
Based on Zora Neale Hurston's personal experiences in Haiti and Jamaica—where she participated as an initiate rather than just an observer during her visits in the 1930s—Tell My Horse is a fascinating firsthand account of the mysteries of Voodoo. An invaluable resource and remarkable guide to Voodoo practices, rituals, and beliefs, it is a travelogue into a dark, mystical world that offers a vividly authentic picture of ceremonies, customs, and superstitions.
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