The Origins of the Zombie Legend
The Magic Island
Notes: A non-fiction work on Haiti. Seabrook "found a living religion, Voodoo, wherein is the ritual of eating flesh and drinking of blood, witchcraft, sorcery and black magic; a religion where the image of the Catholic virgin and the cross stand with a host of gods, the black counterparts of Priapus, Aphrodite, and Bacchus"—dust jacket. This is the book widely credited for bringing the idea of zombies—the walking dead—to the American consciousness.
Illustrated with reproductions of drawings by Alexander King and photographs by the author.
336 pages.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing with a "I" on the copyright page). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with some fading at the spine and with some chipping to the spine ends. Nicer than usually found.
Publication: New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
Item No: #362677
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