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Kepelino's Traditions of Hawai'i
Kepelino, like native Hawaiian historians Malo, Kamakau, and Papa 'I'i, worked in the mid-nineteenth century to record Hawaiian historical, cultural, and religious knowledge for future generations. Originally published in 1932, this new reprint of "Kepelino's Traditions of Hawai'i" includes the original Hawaiian and English text edited by Martha Beckwith, along with notes by Mary Kawena Pukui, and a new introduction by contemporary native Hawaiian scholar Noelani Arista.
Moku o Lo`e: A History of Coconut Island
From fantasy paradise to world-class facility for marine biology, the little island found in Kane'ohe Bay has a rich, colorful history. Klieger weaves together the interesting story of Moku o Lo'e, or Coconut island as it is better known, from the early days as part of the ahupua'a of He'eia, its passage to various owners including Christain Holmes and Edwin Pauley, and its development as a research institution for the University of Hawai'i.
Barefoot on Lava: The Journal and Correspondence of Naturalist R.C.L. Perkins in Hawai‘i, 1892-1901
British naturalist Robert Cyril Layton Perkins was one of the last to see some of the great Hawaiian forest birds alive. The journals and correspondence of Perkins during his collecting years from 1892-1901 are assembled here together for the first time. His journals and notes present island biologists and historians with detailed information on the species he observed and collected. This work is an essential reference for biologists of all disciplines in helping to understand what Hawai'i was like more than a century ago, when the natural Hawaiian landscape and its occupants were much different than they are today.