Hawai ‘ i takes place in the power vacuum of a recently deceased, nine-term United States Senator. This book is Mark Panek’s sweeping, epic tale about the modern Hawai‘i we live in, the one we call our home, the one that is getting harder to live in every day, one that many of us scrape by just to survive.

Before you even set your eyes on the first page, this book asserts itself as if to say, “This IS Hawai‘i.” And it is. So, for Lō‘ihi Press and Mark Panek to call their new novel Hawai‘i-ho, must get some major alas! Isle author Chris McKinney states this book is “a much-needed contemporary answer to James Michener’s Hawaii, takes Michener’s ‘golden men’ vision of racial harmony out back and beats it.” But it’s more than just Michener. More tracks like Hawaii by James A.Hearing the title of this book most people will automatically recall the epic James Michener novel-the one spawning multiple films, the one always recommended by tourists to people on Internet travel forums who ask “What Hawaii books should I read before/during my trip to paradise?”.Playlists containing Hawaii by James A.

a superb biography of a people.”-Houston Chronicle mammoth epic of the islands.”-The Baltimore Sun “One novel you must not miss! A tremendous work from every point of view-thrilling, exciting, lusty, vivid, stupendous.”-Chicago Tribune “From Michener’s devotion to the islands, he has written a monumental chronicle of Hawaii, an extraordinary and fascinating novel.”-Saturday Review “Memorable. Based on exhaustive research and told in Michener’s immersive prose, Hawaii is the story of disparate peoples struggling to keep their identity, live in harmony, and, ultimately, join together. Then, in the early nineteenth century, American missionaries arrive, bringing with them a new creed and a new way of life. As the volcanic Hawaiian Islands sprout from the ocean floor, the land remains untouched for centuries-until, little more than a thousand years ago, Polynesian seafarers make the perilous journey across the Pacific, flourishing in this tropical paradise according to their ancient traditions.

Michener brings Hawaii’s epic history vividly to life in a classic saga that has captivated readers since its initial publication in 1959.

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