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Author : Eric Alfred Knudsen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Kanuka of Kauai written by Eric Alfred Knudsen and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eric Alfred Knudsen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Kanuka of Kauai written by Eric Alfred Knudsen and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eric Alfred Knudsen
Publisher : Mutual Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781566471190
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)
Download or read book Teller of Hawaiian Tales written by Eric Alfred Knudsen and published by Mutual Publishing. This book was released on 1946 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Joesting
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824811624
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)
Download or read book Kauai written by Edward Joesting and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1988-02-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here finally is a readable, thoroughly researched, and generously illustrated history of the island of Kauai. Edward Joesting tells for the first time the story of one of the most intriguing and least known of the Hawaiian Islands. His account begins with the prehistoric origins of the island and concludes with the annexation of Hawaii in 1898. Kauai describes the early emergence of Kauai as an island separate and distinctive from the other islands of Hawaii. It recounts the coming of Western man, the failure of King Kamehameha to conquer the island, and the ultimate incorporation of the island into the Hawaiian kingdom. Joesting also includes in his story the destructive impact of the sandalwood and whaling trades, and the subsequent rise of an economy based on sugar cultivation. His story comes to an end with the demise of the Hawaiian monarchy and the quiet revolution that occurred when Hawaii became a territory of the United States. Historical documents not previously used bring new information and fresh perspectives to this book. The result is a level-headed, engaging look at Kauai. Kauai: The Separate Kingdom is certain to become the authoritative history of the island long regarded by many as the most beautiful in the Hawaiian archipelago.
Author : H. Douglas Pratt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019854653X
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (985 download)
Download or read book The Hawaiian Honeycreepers written by H. Douglas Pratt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-12 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Author : Frederick B. Wichman
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824819439
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (194 download)
Download or read book Kauai written by Frederick B. Wichman and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the green and fertile lands of Kauai Kuapapa (ancient Kauai) came the most beautiful chiefesses, the bravest heroes, the strongest warriors, and the fiercest giants. It was a land of dauntless raiders who boldly sailed out to sea while others crept cautiously from island to island. Gods and demi-gods participated in the everyday life of the people, and the places where they lived, fought, and loved were remembered and celebrated. Gathered here for the first time are the delightful stories behind the place-names of ancient Kauai. Over a period of almost two thousand years, each ridge, mountain, valley, and stream was named, as were unusual rocks, groves of trees - every corner of the island on which people lived and worked. The names tied people to the land and to places where mauli ola, the sacred essence of life, was to be found. Today these names serve as colorful windows on the past, telling of the rich and wondrous heritage of the people of Kauai Kuapapa.
Author : Tara Bray Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 141658742X
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)
Download or read book West of Then written by Tara Bray Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling, devastating memoir about one woman's search for her wayward mother, whose past is inextricably linked with the bittersweet history of their home, Hawaii. At the center of West of Then is Karen Morgan—island flower, fifth generation haole (white) Hawaiian, Mayflower descendant—now living on the streets of downtown Honolulu. Despite her recklessness, Karen inspires fierce loyalty and love in her three daughters. When she goes missing in the spring of 2002, Tara, the eldest, sets out to find and hopefully save her mother. Her journey explores what you give up when you try to renounce your past, whether personal, familial, or historical, and what you gain when you confront it. A tender story that lays bare the anguish, candor, and humor of growing up a half-step off the beat, West of Then is a striking literary debut from a perceptive and original writer. By turns tough and touching, Smith's modern detective story unravels the rich history of the fiftieth state and the realities of contemporary Hawaii—its sizable homeless population, its drug subculture—as well as its generous, diverse humanity and astonishing beauty. In this land of so many ghosts, the author's search for her mother becomes a reckoning with herself, her family, and with the meaning of home.
Author : Frederick B. Wichman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780910043113
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (431 download)
Download or read book Kauai Tales written by Frederick B. Wichman and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of eighteen stories culled from various sources that tell of the earliest period in the history of the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
Author : Hugh Laracy
Publisher : ANU E Press
ISBN 13 : 1921666331
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (216 download)
Download or read book Watriama and Co written by Hugh Laracy and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WATRIAMA AND CO (the title echoes Kipling's STALKY AND CO!) is a collection of biographical essays about people associated with the Pacific Islands. It covers a period of almost a century and a half. However, the individual stories of first-hand experience converge to some extent in various ways so as to present a broadly coherent picture of 'Pacific History'. In this, politics, economics and religion overlap. So, too, do indigenous cultures and concerns; together with the activities and interests of the Europeans who ventured into the Pacific and who had a profound, widespread and enduring impact there from the nineteenth century, and who also prompted reactions from the Island peoples. Not least significant in this process is the fact that the Europeans generated a 'paper trail' through which their stories and those of the Islanders (who also contributed to their written record) can be known. Thus, not only are the subjects of the essays to be encountered personally, and within a contextual kinship, but the way in which the past has shaped the future is clearly discernible. Watriama himself features in various historical narratives. So, too, certain of his confreres in this collection, which is the product of several decades of exploring the Pacific past in archives, by sea, and on foot through most of Oceania.
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Total Pages : 1608 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1945-03 with total page 1608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frederick B. Wichman
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824826383
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)
Download or read book Na Pua Alii o Kauai written by Frederick B. Wichman and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2003-02-28 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories of Kauai's ruling chiefs were passed from generation to generation in songs and narratives recited by trained storytellers either formally at the high chief's court or informally at family gatherings. Their chronology was ordered by a ruler's genealogy, which, in the case of the pua alii (flower of royalty), was illustrious and far reaching and could be traced to one of the four great gods of Polynesia--Käne, Kü, Lono, and Kanaloa. In these legends, Hawaiians of old sought answers to the questions "Who are we?" "Who are our ancestors and where do they come from?" "What lessons can be learned from their conduct?" Nä Pua Alii o Kauai presents the stories of the men and women who ruled the island of Kauai from its first settlement to the final rebellion against Kamehameha I's forces in 1824. Only fragments remain of the nearly two-thousand-year history of the people who inhabited Kauai before the coming of James Cook in 1778. Now scattered in public and private archives and libraries, these pieces of Hawaii's precontact past were recorded in the nineteenth century by such determined individuals as David Malo, Samuel Kamakau, and Abraham Fornander. All known genealogical references to the Kauai alii nui (paramount chiefs) have been gathered here and placed in chronological order and are interspersed with legends of great voyages, bitter wars, courageous heroes, and passionate romances that together form a rich and invaluable resource.
Author : Dona Early
Publisher : Prima Lifestyles
ISBN 13 : 9780761501879
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Kaua'i written by Dona Early and published by Prima Lifestyles. This book was released on 1995-09-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A family vacation to the Garden Island of Kaua'i can provide fun and adventure for every member of the family. Kaua'i, A Paradise Family Guide will help you plan your trip with helpful information on: * Visiting the Garden Island of Kaua'i, including tips on travel with children, wedding or honeymoon planning, island transportation, weather, and history * More than 100 of Kaua'i's hotels and condominiums, including descriptions, rental rates, facilities, and toll-free numbers * Over 150 restaurants with sample menus for all budgets * More than 50 exceptional beaches * Recreational opportunities from kayaking down Kaua'i's rivers to hiking along the remote Kalalau trail * Fun ideas for biking, horseback riding, fishing charters, golf, jet skiing, cruises, and much, much more! Each chapter features the authors' personal recommendations and "Best Bets". "The perfect travel companion." --Traveller's Bookstore, New York City "[Paradise Family Guides] are conveniently cross-indexed and elaborated with illustrations and maps, the latter being profuse and detailed, a clue to any guidebook of worth....These guidebooks area the ones to take along." --The Oregonian
Author : Bill Fernandez
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ISBN 13 : 9780999032657
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (326 download)
Download or read book Gods, Ghosts, and Kahuna on Kauai written by Bill Fernandez and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hawaiian hero, John Tana, hopes he left his troubles in Honolulu when he settles on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The island waterfalls, rainbows, surf that sounds like gods talking create a mysterious world. John marries Mehealani who continues to follow traditional beliefs but he is Christian. This leads to stress in their marriage when a boar hunt and owl seem to lead to a family death. A shark encounter makes him question his beliefs. John struggles to survive in the expanding sugar plantation world which is pushing out native Hawaiians. The Kingdom of Hawaii is at a political tipping point.
Author : Vivian L. Thompson
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824810764
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Hawaiian Tales of Heroes and Champions written by Vivian L. Thompson and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1986-06-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once in Old Hawaii, in the days when anything was possible, supernatural kupua roamed the islands, challenging kings and chiefs, tricking men, women, and boys. The Hawaiian people would tell and retell tales of kupua exploits, and of the men who challenged them. Some of the tall tales included in this volume are of shape-shifters like Shark Man of Ewa, who could change from man to shark, from shark to rat, from rat to a bunch of bananas. Others are of kupua with extraordinary powers like Kana, who could stretch himself as tall as a palm tree, as slender as a bamboo, as thin as a morning glory vine, as fine as a spider web. And there are men with rare and special weapons, such as Ka-ui-lani, whose talking spear could pick the winner of a cock fight before the birds were even in the ring. As in all tales told by word of mouth, change and exaggeration crept in, and perhaps this is how the kupua tale developed - through exaggeration. That they have survived, and continue to entertain, in present-day written form, is an indication of their universal appeal.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Hawaiian Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : University of Hawaii (Honolulu). Center for Nonmetropolitan Planning and Development
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Kauai Socioeconomic Profile written by University of Hawaii (Honolulu). Center for Nonmetropolitan Planning and Development and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Islands Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1996-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
