The American Frontier in Hawaii, The Pioneers, 1789-1843
Stanford University, California: Stanford University Press, August, 1944. Inscribed and signed on front flyleaf, "WIth the best wishes and aloha of the author, Harold W. Bradley." Second Printing. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6-3/4". Blue cloth covered boards. Spine stamped in gold. 488 including extensive index. Map endpapers. Book is in fine condition. / Jacket has a 2" and a 1" closed tear and a little chipping at top and bottom edges. Overall very good. Item #831
Hawaii is to be thought of no longer as principally an island resort, famous for its pineapples, sugar cane, surfboards, and hula dancers, but as a point of tremendous strategic importance in the present world conflict - an offensive and defensive outpost in the Pacific.
What about the history of this fascinating and important archipelago? Dr. Bradley supplies the background - the activities and interests of Americans in the Islands, commercial at first, supplemented after 1820 by the extensive interests and labors of the missionaries. Beginning even before the discovery of the Islands by the redoubtable Captain Cook, through the beginning and flourishing of the picturesque American-Oriental trade, through religious struggles and international rivalries to the recognition of Hawaiian independence, the climax of 65 years of progress, the author gives a clear and accurate account.
It is history to read and enjoy; for, as one of our advisers wrote, "the author ahs an exceptionally lucid style, and a fine sense of continuity." The casual reader will be content with the main narrative, but for the benefit of the historian, amateur or professional, who wishes to go deeper into any particular incident, this study has been extensively documented.
The author, associate professor of history at Stanford University, knows the Islands and has devoted years of study to this field.
Price: $125.00