Hawaii - Softcover

Michener, James A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0449207110 ISBN 13: 9780449207116

Publisher: Fawcett, 1984

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The saga of a land from the time when the volcanic islands rose out of the sea to the decade in which they become the 50th state. Michener uses individuals' experiences to symbolize the struggle of the various races to establish themselves in the islands

From the Back Cover:

"[A] mammoth epic of the islands, [a] vast panorama, wonderful."
THE BALTIMORE SUN
From the Paperback edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fawcett
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0449207110
• ISBN 13: 9780449207116
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 1130