Hawai'i and Its People

by A. Grove Day

Retail Price: $10.95

ISBN: 1566477050

Format: Softcover, 339 pages
Pub. Date: February 2005
Pub.:  Mutual Publishing

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Synopsis:
From its beginning in the mists of the Polynesian past, the story of the peopling of the Hawaiian Islands has been one of the most exotic of any state of the Union. Professor Day reveals the changing phases of island society from a kingdom to a polyracial democracy; A headline history updates the story.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY:
The book begins on a sailboat and ends on a surf- board. . . It is well written. It is a perfect book to put into the hands of a thoughtful layman who is going soon to the islands. . . yet it will also help all groups now living in the islands to understand each other better.
- Christian Century

In lively style, the book reports the events, beginning with the accidental discovery of the islands by the English explorer Cook in 1778. This is a book for the layman. Its informal style and approach serve best in descriptions of early trade and business, warfare and political intrigue, the elegant manners and social habits of the resident foreign community, and the personal affairs of the monarchs, ministers, and prominent families.
- U.S. Quarterly Book Review

A comprehensive one-volume history of the Hawaiian Islands tightly and interestingly written, tracing the sometimes bloody; sometimes merry track of Hawaii from its discovery; The book is crammed with interesting tidbits about Hawaiian life and legend. Visitors to the islands might better study this than some commercial book.
-Springfield Republican

Synopsis:
Hawai‘i's Story by Hawai'i‘s Queen is an account of those difficult years at the end of the nineteenth century, when native Hawaiian historian David Malo's 1837 prophecy concerning "the small ones" being "gobbled up" came true for the Hawaiian Islands.

When this book was first published in 1898, it was an international plea for justice. Just as Admiral Thomas had restored Hawaiian sovereignty in 1843 following an illegal action by Lord Paulet, Queen Lili‘uokalani prayed that the American nation would similarly reestablish the Hawaiian throne. Queen Lili‘uokalani died on November 11, 1917, her poignant plea for justice unanswered.

 If a big wave comes in large fishes will come from the dark ocean which you never saw before, and when they see the small fishes they will eat them up; such also is the case with large animals, they will prey on the smaller ones; the ships of the whitemen have come, and smart people have arrived from the Great Countries which you have never seen before, they know our people are few in number and living in a small country; they will eat us up, such has always been the case with large countries, the small ones have been gobbled up.
— David Malo