Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen - Softcover

Liliuokalani

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1519088191 ISBN 13: 9781519088192

Publisher: Independently published, 2016

Synopsis

In 1893, Liliuokalani, the Queen of Hawaii, was deposed and five years later her nation became an incorporated territory of the United States.

Published shortly after these momentous events, her book Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen is an incredibly personal history of the islands that she was born to rule. Liliuokalani covers from her birth in 1838 through the reigns of her forebears to her own turbulent time as Queen of the Hawaiian Islands.

Written to explain to the world the injustice of her situation and to reclaim the sovereignty which she had lost, the Chicago Daily Tribune claimed that “no scholar or lawyer could have state[d] it more effectively.” But despite her persuasive prose Hawaii never again regained its independence or its monarchy.

Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen is a fascinating history of one of the United States of America’s smallest but most unique states as it was going through significant change at the turn of the twentieth century.

Queen Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the kingdom of Hawaii. She ascended the throne in January of 1891, upon the death of her brother, King David Kalakaua. For years after her overthrow, the Queen sought redress in the Congress and courts of the United States, but her efforts failed. Her autobiographical history Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen is the only work by a Hawaiian monarch and provides insight into her fight to regain her throne and life on Hawaii during the late-nineteenth century.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen is an account of those difficult years at the end of the nineteenth century when native Hawaiian historian David Malo's 1837 prophecy concerning "the small ones" being "gobbled up" came true for the Hawaiian Islands.

When this book was first published in 1898, it was an international plea for justice. Just as Admiral Thomas had restored Hawaiian sovereignty in 1843 following an illegal action by Lord Paulet, Queen Liliuokalani prayed that the American nation would similarly reestablish the Hawaiian throne. Queen Liliuokalani died on November 11, 1917, her poignant plea for justice unanswered. Almost 100 years later, her people still wait.

About the Author

David W. Forbes is an internationally recognized historian and bibliographer specializing in aspects of the history of Hawai‘i. He is also the author of the four-volume Hawaiian National Bibliography 1780–1900 (University of Hawai`i Press and Hordern House).

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1519088191
• ISBN 13: 9781519088192
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 269