<p>Cummins Elliott Speakman, Jr. was born in Delaware in 1912, and since 1967 has made his home on Maui close by the beach where King Ka-heckill welcomed the tall ships of Captain Cook more than two hundred years ago. His career has included public relations, service in World War II, university studies, and teaching and academic administration in the United States and abroad. Dr. Speakman came to Maui as President of Maunaolu College of Maui (1967-1971) and is the author of a history of international exchange in education. In recent years, he has been consultant to several educational institutions in Hawaii, where he continues his research in local and Pacific history.</p>

Mowee: An Informal History of the Hawaiian Island

Cummins E. Speakman

Pueo Press

<p>Maui: A History reveals all the major events and personages in the island's saga--Polynesian settlement, pre-contact life, European discovery, whaling, the coming of American missionaries, the development of a sugar plantation economy, the arrival of Asian immigrants to work the fields, and Camp Maui/World War II. History makers include: the ruthless chief Kahekili; the French explorer La Pérouse; the powerful ruling queen Ka'ahumanu; Kamehameha III--Hawai'i's longest reigning monarch; missionaries Dwight Baldwin and William Richards; and sugar baron Claus Spreckels.</p>

Maui: A History

History

Jill Engledow

Americas

Mutual Pub Co

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