Hawaii (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Michener
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Plot: Historical chronicle
- Time of Work: 814-1954
- Setting: Bora Bora, Hawaii, the United States, the Pacific Ocean, Tahiti, Fiji, Borneo, China, Japan, France, and Italy
- Principal Characters: Tamatoa VI, Terero, Marama, Keoki Kanakoa, Malama Kanakoa, Kelolo Kanakoa, Noelani Kanakoa, Kelly Kanakoa, Abner Hale, Jerusha Bromley Hale, Rafer Hoxworth, Whipple Hoxworth, John Whipple, Micah Hale, Char Nyuk Tsin, Kee Mun Ki, Africa Kee, Hong Kong Kee, Kamejiro Sakagawa, Oshii, Goro Sakagawa, Shigeo Sakagawa
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Politics, Missions or missionaries, Ethnic relations, Islands, Kings, queens, or royalty, Hawaii, Leprosy, South Pacific
- Locales: Hawaii
The Novel
Hawaii is a multifaceted historical novel with a span of action that moves from 814 and the first immigration of the Bora Borans to the islands through 1954 and the emergence of contemporary Hawaii, soon to become a state. Following a prologue describing the formation of Pacific islands, reefs, and atolls, Michener devotes a section of the novel to each of the major groups who settled Hawaii.
While it is generally believed that Hawaii was first settled by emigrants from the other Polynesian islands, Michener’s precise details are invented. Tamatoa VI...
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