Tales and Traditions of the People of Old: Na Mo'olelo a ka Po'e Kahiko
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1991. First Edition. 8vo. 184 pp. Index. Translated from the Newspapers Ka Nupepa Kuokoa and Ke Au Okoa by Mary Kawena Pukui. Edited by dorothy B. Barrere. Blue cloth in white printed dustjacket. A fine copy (small hole in upper joint of dustjacket). Item #22508
ISBN: 0930897447
Samuel M naiakalani Kamakau (1815 – 1876) was a Hawaiian historian and scholar. His work appeared in local newspapers and was later compiled into books, becoming an invaluable resource on the Hawaiian people, Hawaiian culture, and Hawaiian language while they were disappearing. Along with David Malo and John Papa , Kamakau is considered one of Hawaii's greatest historians, and his contributions to the preservation of Hawaiian history have been honored throughout the State of Hawai i. In this work he takes the reader on a tour of the islands, stopping along the way to tell tales associated with various sites. The stories bring to life, the ancestral chiefs and gods of Hawaii. He describes the origins of Hawaii and its people, taking pains to trace the genealogies of the chiefs.
Price: $250.00