A Hawaiian Reader, Vol. 1
by A. Grove Day (Editor), Carl Stroven (Editor)
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This anthology contains thirty-seven selections from the work of thirty authors who have written about Hawaii. The selections have been arranged in chronological order by date of incident or setting, starting with the discovery of the islands by Captain Cook. Five pieces representing ancient Hawaiian literature and lore have been placed at the end of the book. Each selection is preceded by a brief introduction concerning the author and the particular offering. The texts, written by many show more hands over almost two hundred years, have not been changed except to modernize the spelling and punctuation. show lessTags
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The perfect accompaniment to our trip. Starting with Captain Cook's disastrous arrival and moving through the tales of great writer/traveler visitors like Twain, Stevenson and Isabella Bird, with voices of Polynesian culture woven in, you get a fascinating picture of Hawaii that is not just a tourist paradise.
Entertaining collection of stories.
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- Canonical title
- A Hawaiian Reader, Vol. 1
- Original publication date
- 1959
- Important places
- Hawai'i, USA
- Original language
- English
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- DDC/MDS
- 919.69 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica and on extraterrestrial worlds Polynesia Hawaii
- LCC
- DU620.3 .D3 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Oceania (South Seas) History of Oceania (South Seas) Smaller island groups Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii
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