In <strong>Hawaii</strong> Pulitzer Prizewinning author James Michener weaves the classicsaga that brought Hawaiis epic history vividly alive to the American pu... » 

In Hawaii Pulitzer Prizewinning author James Michener weaves the classicsaga that brought Hawaiis epic history vividly alive to the American public onits initial publication in 1959 and continues to mesmerize even today. Thevolcanic processes by which the Hawaiian Islands grew from the ocean floor wereinconceivably slow and the land remained untouched by man for countlesscenturies until little more than a thousand years ago Polynesian seafarersmade the perilous journey across the Pacific and discovered their new home.They lived and flourished in this tropical paradise according to their ancienttraditions and beliefs until in the early nineteenth century Americanmissionaries arrived bringing a new creed and a new way of life to a Stone Agesociety. The impact of the missionaries had only begun to be absorbed whenother national groups with equally different customs began to migrate ingreat numbers to the islands. The story of modern Hawaii and of this novel isone of how disparate peoples struggling to keep their identity yet live withone another in harmony ultimately joined together to build Americas strongand vital fiftieth state. «