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Description edit
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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Abner Hale: A missionary from Boston who goes to Hawaii to preach and convert the natives.
- Jerusha Bromley Hale: Wife of missionary Hale.
- Malama Kanakoa: Descendent of native Hawaiian and mother of plantation people.
- Char Nyuk Tsin: Wife of the leper who worked in plantation and became a cook and mother of Chinese offspring who become well educated.
First Sentence edit
Millions upon millions of years ago, when the continents were already formed and the principal features of the earth had been decided, there existed, then as now, one aspect of the world that dwarfed all others. It was a might ocean, resting uneasily to the east of the largest continent, a restless ever-changing, gigantic body of water that would later be described as pacific.
Table of Contents edit
I. From the Boundless Deep
II. From the Sun-Swept Lagoon
III. From the Farm of Bitterness
IV. From the Starving Village
V. From the Inland Sea
VI. The Golden Men
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Series & Lists edit
This book is in Big Fat Books. (community list)
This is book 2 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 1960. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Advise and Consent, and followed by The Leopard.
This is book 3 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 1959. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Doctor Zhivago, and followed by Advise and Consent.
This is book 199 of 214 in Best English-Language Fiction of the 20th Century. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Ginger Man, and followed by The Magnificent Ambersons.
Authors & Contributors edit
- James A. Michener (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1959
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 937
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1959
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 937
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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Movie Connections edit
- Hawaii (1966) (IMDb): Staring Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, and Richard Harris
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