Hawaii: A Novel
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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780375760372
ISBN: 0375760377
Label: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 960
Publication Date: July 09, 2002
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Release Date: July 09, 2002
Sales Rank: 17480
Studio: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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In Hawaii, Pulitzer Prize–winning author James Michener weaves the classic saga that brought Hawaii’s epic history vividly alive to the American public on its initial publication in 1959, and continues to mesmerize even today.
The volcanic processes by which the Hawaiian Islands grew from the ocean floor were inconceivably slow, and the land remained untouched by man for countless centuries until, little more than a thousand years ago, Polynesian seafarers made the perilous journey across the Pacific and discovered their new home. They lived and flourished in this tropical paradise according to their ancient traditions and beliefs until, in the early nineteenth century, American missionaries arrived, bringing a new creed and a new way of life to a Stone Age society. The impact of the missionaries had only begun to be absorbed when other national groups, with equally different customs, began to migrate in great numbers to the islands. The story of modern Hawaii, and of this novel, is one of how disparate peoples, struggling to keep their identity yet live with one another in harmony, ultimately joined together to build America’s strong and vital fiftieth state.
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- Fantastic Fictional Tour of Historical HawaiiMr. Michener's wonderful historical novel on the 50th state masterfully weaves together many smaller ... Read More
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- my favorite book of all timeI bought this for my daughter in law. I have read and re-read this book many times, my copy is so old ... Read More
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- One of Mitchener`s finest!!Although, as with other Mitchener novels, "Hawaii" had some sections that could have been shortened, or ... Read More
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- How to read MichenerI've read almost all of Michener's books. Hawaii was the first, and I read it years ago. However, I discovered ... Read More
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- HawaiiIn the late sixties during the summer between 8th and 9th grades, I was gleaning through the relatively few paperback ... Read More
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