Learn More About Haiti and It’s History

Haiti, an island with a beautiful and rugged backcloth and known for a turbulent and corrupt history, a spirited and colorful culture & an enduring people, is weaved into a colorful fabric of intrigue, courage, faith, and perseverance.   Only in understanding Haiti’s past can one truly appreciate the tremendous challenges and struggles of Haiti today.

Haiti Will Not Perish, a Recent History, by Michael Deibert (2017)

The Big Truck That Went By (How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster), by Jonathan M. Katz (2013)

Haiti After the Earthquake, by Dr. Paul Farmer (2011)

Haiti: The God of Tough Places, The Lord of Burnt Men, by Fr. Richard Frechette (2010)

Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder (2003)

In the Parish of the Poor, by Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1990)

Creole Made Easy, by Wally R. Turnbull