![]() ![]() The impact of the coming of the missionaries had only begun to be absorbed when other national groups, with many different customs - notably the Chinese, the Japanese, and the Filipinos - began to migrate in great numbers to the islands. The Polynesians lived and flourished according to their ancient traditions and beliefs until, in the early nineteenth century, the American missionaries arrived, bringing with them a new creed and a new way of life. James Albert Michener was an American author of more than 40 books, most of which were fictional, lengthy family sagas covering the lives of. The Hawaiian islands remained undiscovered and untouched by man for countless centuries until the Polynesians, a little more than a thousand years ago, made the perilous journey to their new home. y and yet living with one another in harmony, ultimately joining together to build the strong and vital fiftieth US state. The story of Hawaii, and of this book, is that of disparate peoples struggling to keep their identit. ![]() Previously a bestselling hardcover and a perennial favourite in mass market paperback, HAWAII i is now available for the first time in a handsome readable trade paperback edition. ![]() ![]() As the volcanic Hawaiian Islands sprout from the ocean floor. (Trade Paperback / Paperback, New edition) Michener brings Hawaiis epic history vividly to. ![]()
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