![]() ![]() “One novel you must not miss! A tremendous work from every point of view-thrilling, exciting, lusty, vivid, stupendous" (Chicago Tribune). Based on exhaustive research and told in Michener’s immersive prose, Hawaii is the story of disparate peoples struggling to keep their identity, live in harmony, and, ultimately, join together. Previously a bestselling hardcover and a perennial favourite in mass market paperback, HAWAII i is. Then, in the early nineteenth century, American missionaries arrive, bringing with them a new creed and a new way of life. ![]() As the volcanic Hawaiian Islands sprout from the ocean floor, the land remains untouched for centuries-until, little more than a thousand years ago, Polynesian seafarers make the perilous journey across the Pacific, flourishing in this tropical paradise according to their ancient traditions. Michener brings Hawaii’s epic history vividly to life in a classic saga that has captivated readers since its initial publication in 1959. Michener was one of the world’s most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prizewinning Tales of the South Pacific, the bestselling novels The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, and Caravans,and the memoir The World Is My Home. ![]() Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name on the dedication page. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Early printing of this “mammoth epic of the islands” (The Baltimore Sun). ![]()
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