In the 125 year history of the "Molokai Leprosy Settlement," as it was once known, more than 7000 of the afflicted, young and old, were involuntarily confined for life to the ocean-fronted and cliff-backed tongue of land that is Kalaupapa. Such restrictive measures were taken by the government to "protect the sensibilities and the health of the unaffiliated" from the dread disease that swept the island chain. This banishment and isolation continued until 1969. It is with the deepest appreciation to those thousands, living and dead, who were banished for the welfare of others that this book is dedicated. Generously illustrated with maps, manuscripts, and an extensive record of photos, some previously unpublished

Yesterday at Kalaupapa: A Photographic History--A Saga of Pain and Joy

History

Emmett Cahill

Americas

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Enjoying Birds and Other Wildlife in Hawaii is the new, expanded and updated edition of the popular Enjoying Birds in Hawaii guide. It provides the inside track on where to best see Hawaii's birds, mammals and other wildlife, as well as their unique habitats. Detailed road and trail directions, maps and site photographs enable the reader to explore national and state parks, wildlife refuges and private preserves, along with many hidden sites off the beaten path. Included are 74 sites on Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii, Midway Atoll and in offshore waters. Learn where and when to go, how to get there, what you can expect to see and logistical tips on accomodations, transportation and other services. Whether your main interest is birds, wildlife in general or just the great outdoors, Enjoying Birds and Other Wildlife in Hawaii is your key to Hawaii's exotic natural environment.

Enjoying Birds and Other Wildlife in Hawaii: A Site-by-site guide to the Islands for the birder and naturalist

Science & Math

H. Douglas Pratt

Biological Sciences

Hawaii & Points South

Travel

Day, A. Grove

United States

Hawaiian Yesterdays: Historical Photographs

Ronn Ronck

Vivid stories of the remarkable lives olf daring, capable, and self-sacrificing followers Christ on the Big Island of Hawaii amid the dangers and discouragements of an island kingdom -- all carefully assembled with scholarly concern from an extensive library of biographies and missionary references. -The fateful life Obookiah, the Hawaiian boy educated in New England who returned to become a missionary to his native people. - Strange adventures of four Hawaiian boys in New England and back home in Hawaii -The daring pioneer party-their hurried matings, tedious voyage, their problems in strange Hawaii and their troubles with their incorrigible doctor. - The Hawaiian chief who generously helped the missionaries hut never gave up all his vice. -Amazing tales of hazardous island travels and agonizing trips across island waters. - Tragic stories of five mission wives who died. -Discouraging disasters in building churches. -Eight amazing families who devoted 40 to 55 years of generous service to the Hawaiian people in their districts. -What missionary life in Hawaii was like, what the missionaries said, what they accomplished and how they lived.

Hawaii's Missionary Saga

Piercy, LaRue W.

History Makers of Hawaii: A Biographical Dictionary

Biographies & Memoirs

Fifteen writers capture all the romance and exotic adventure of the legendary South Pacific, including James A. Michener, James Norman Hall, Sommerset Maugham and Herman Melville.

Best South Sea Stories

Literature & Fiction

Stroven

GROVE

Contemporary

The Spell of Hawaii is a literary collection composed of twenty-two authors whose selections herein evoke the exotic literary heritage of the Hawaiian Islands in the companion volume to the anthology, A Hawaiian Reader. The arrangement of the selections is chronological, according to the date of the event represented.

Spell of Hawaii

South Sea Tales

Fiction from the violent days of the early century, set among the atolls of French Oceania and the high islands of Samoa, Fiji, Pitcarn and "the terrible Solomons."

LONDON, JACK.

At the Beach

Mulvaney, Sam

Travel Writing

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