A. Grove Day (1904–1994)
Author of Rascals in Paradise
About the Author
Works by A. Grove Day
Horror in Paradise: Grim and Uncanny Tales from Hawaii and the South Seas (1986) — Editor — 55 copies
The Spell of the Pacific: An Anthology of Its Literature — Editor — 4 copies
Jack London in the South Seas 4 copies
True Tales of the South Seas 3 copies
The Story Of Australia 1 copy
Hawai 1 copy
Story Of Australia 1 copy
Ka Palapala Hemolele: Comments on the First Hawaiian Bible (Reprinted from KOKUA, November 1949.) (1949) 1 copy
V. Blasco Ibáñez 1 copy
Associated Works
Best-In-Books: Twilight for the Gods / 20,000 Miles South / Rascals in Paradise / Lincoln's Commando / Bermuda (1957) — Contributor — 4 copies
Reading-for-Men: The Gracious Lily Affair, Tip on a Dead Jockey, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, They Fought for the Sky,… (1958) — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Canonical name
- Day, A. Grove
- Legal name
- Day, Arthur Grove
- Birthdate
- 1904-04-29
- Date of death
- 1994-03-26
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Places of residence
- Oahu, Hawaii, USA
- Education
- Stanford University
- Occupations
- professor (English)
- Organizations
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Awards and honors
- Hawaii Award for Literature
- Short biography
- A. Grove Day was a prolific author, teacher, and scholar of Hawaii and the South Pacific who wrote or edited more than fifty books. Born in Philadelphia and educated at Stanford University, where he befriended John Steinbeck, Day was also one of the co-founders of Pacific Science: A Quarterly Devoted to the Biological and Physical Sciences of the Pacific Region. Many of his works, including Mark Twain’s Letters from Hawaii and Best South Sea Stories, remain local bestsellers in Hawaii. He died in 1994 at the age of eighty-nine.
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