The outsider : the life and work of Lafcadio Hearn : the man who introduced voodoo, creole cooking, and Japanese ghosts to the world
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Koizumi, Bon, writer of foreword.
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Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing, 2023.
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9784805317600, 4805317604
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Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing, 2023.
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255 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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9784805317600, 4805317604

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Born in Greece and abandoned as a child, Lafcadio Hearn lived the life of an exile. He travelled the world and became a famous writer but always felt like an outsider--in Dublin, London, Cincinnati, New Orleans, and French-speaking Martinique. To him, none of these places felt like home. Hearn's life in America was punctuated by a string of successes and failures. In Cincinnati he became the city's best-known crime reporter but was fired after marrying a black woman. Devastated, he moved to New Orleans, where he championed French Creole and Caribbean culture and created the city's image as a place of voodoo and debauchery (the image which many Americans still hold today). Hearn arrived in Japan at a time of historic change. Sent there as a correspondent, he soon found himself alone and jobless. He settled in the remote town of Matsue, firmly believing that Japan would provide him with an endless supply of rich writing material--perhaps enough to last a lifetime. Over the next dozen years, Hearn published 15 books which were lauded by the likes of Mark Twain, William Butler Yeats, Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin. Hearn's books made him famous as the leading writer on Japan and Japanese culture. Discover the fascinating journey of Hearn's life and the series of events--from peaks to pitfalls--that shaped his remarkable story.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kemme, S., & Koizumi, B. (2023). The outsider: the life and work of Lafcadio Hearn : the man who introduced voodoo, creole cooking, and Japanese ghosts to the world . Tuttle Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kemme, Steve and Bon, Koizumi. 2023. The Outsider: The Life and Work of Lafcadio Hearn : The Man Who Introduced Voodoo, Creole Cooking, and Japanese Ghosts to the World. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kemme, Steve and Bon, Koizumi. The Outsider: The Life and Work of Lafcadio Hearn : The Man Who Introduced Voodoo, Creole Cooking, and Japanese Ghosts to the World Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2023.

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Kemme, S. and Koizumi, B. (2023). The outsider: the life and work of lafcadio hearn : the man who introduced voodoo, creole cooking, and japanese ghosts to the world. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kemme, Steve,, and Bon Koizumi. The Outsider: The Life and Work of Lafcadio Hearn : The Man Who Introduced Voodoo, Creole Cooking, and Japanese Ghosts to the World Tuttle Publishing, 2023.

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