{"product_id":"the-magic-island-william-seabrook-9780486799629","title":"The Magic Island","description":"The best and most thrilling book of exploration that we have ever read ... [an] immensely important book. -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Evening Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA series of excellent stories about one of the most interesting corners of the American world, told by a keen and sensitive person who knows how to write. -- \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIt can be said of many travelers that they have traveled widely. Of Mr. Seabrook a much finer thing may be said -- he has traveled deeply. -- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThis fascinating book, first published in 1929, offers firsthand accounts of Haitian voodoo and witchcraft rituals. Journalist and adventurer William Seabrook introduced the concept of the walking dead ― zombies ― to the West with his illustrated travelogue. He relates his experiences with the voodoo priestess who initiated him into the religion's rituals, from soul transference to resurrection. In addition to twenty evocative line drawings by Alexander King, this edition features a new Foreword by cartoonist and graphic novelist Joe Ollmann, a new Introduction by George A. Romero, legendary director of \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, and a new Afterword by Wade Davis, Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Seabrook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 048679962X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486799629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"William Seabrook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994860552447,"sku":"9780486799629","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e37c1c7a-88ad-4e7b-9e8a-a5002cb93a3a.jpg?v=1683332594","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-magic-island-william-seabrook-9780486799629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}