Written in Blood: The Story of the Haitian People 1492–1971 Authors: Robert Debs Heinl Jr. and Nancy Gordon Heinl

Written in Blood: The Story of the Haitian People 1492–1971 Authors: Robert Debs Heinl Jr. and Nancy Gordon Heinl Published: 1978, Houghton Mifflin Scope: Comprehensive narrative history of Haiti from Taino pre-contact through the Duvalier era (1971) Overview A sweeping, detailed narrative history of Haiti written by a US Marine colonel (Robert Heinl served during the occupation) and his wife. The book's great strength is its dense archival base — diplomatic cables, US naval officer memoirs, eyewitness accounts, British Foreign Office dispatches — especially for the 1900–1934 period.