{"id":10165118090,"title":"Hawaiʻi's Story by Hawaiʻi's Queen","handle":"hawaiis-story-queen","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Hawaiian kingdom's last monarch wrote her biography in 1897, the year before the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States. Her story covers six decades of island history told from the viewpoint of a major historical figure. Introduction by Glen Grant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"topcol\" class=\"last col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"imagecol\" class=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eHawai'i's Story by Hawai'i's Queen\u003c\/em\u003e is an account of those difficult years at the end of the nineteenth century, when native Hawaiian historian David Malo's 1837 prophecy concerning \"the small ones\" being \"gobbled up\" came true for the Hawaiian Islands.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"metacol\" class=\"last col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"description\" class=\"readable stacked\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen this book was first published in 1898, it was an international plea for justice. Just as Admiral Thomas had restored Hawaiian sovereignty in 1843 following an illegal action by Lord Paulet, Queen Lili'uokalani prayed that the American nation would similarly reestablish the Hawaiian throne. Queen Lili'uokalani died on November 11, 1917, her poignant plea for justice unanswered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"If a big wave comes in large fishes will come from the dark ocean which you never saw before, and when they see the small fishes they will eat them up; such also is the case with large animals, they will prey on the smaller ones; the ships of the whitemen have come, and smart people have arrived from the Great Countries which you have never seen before, they know our people are few in number and living in a small country; they will eat us up, such has always been the case with large countries, the small ones have been gobbled up.\" - David Malo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Queen Liliuokalani\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback: 432 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Tuttle Publishing (October 1991)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","published_at":"2023-08-02T15:15:39-10:00","created_at":"2017-02-23T11:18:13-10:00","vendor":"Hawaii Pacific Parks","type":"Publications","tags":["Book","Hawaiiana","Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park","Liliuokalani","Must read","Publication","Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park","Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site","Queens \u0026 Deities"],"price":1195,"price_min":1195,"price_max":1195,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":38262840458,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"100053","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Hawaiʻi's Story by Hawaiʻi's Queen","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1195,"weight":277,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":33,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780935180855","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/shop.hawaiipacificparks.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/100053.jpg?v=1501026759"],"featured_image":"\/\/shop.hawaiipacificparks.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/100053.jpg?v=1501026759","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The dark blue cover shows inset photos of ʻIolani Palace on Oahu, and Queen Liliʻuokalani, Queen of Hawaiʻi.","id":231955071018,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/shop.hawaiipacificparks.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/100053.jpg?v=1501026759"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/shop.hawaiipacificparks.org\/cdn\/shop\/products\/100053.jpg?v=1501026759","width":1000}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Hawaiian kingdom's last monarch wrote her biography in 1897, the year before the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States. Her story covers six decades of island history told from the viewpoint of a major historical figure. Introduction by Glen Grant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"topcol\" class=\"last col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"imagecol\" class=\"col\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eHawai'i's Story by Hawai'i's Queen\u003c\/em\u003e is an account of those difficult years at the end of the nineteenth century, when native Hawaiian historian David Malo's 1837 prophecy concerning \"the small ones\" being \"gobbled up\" came true for the Hawaiian Islands.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"metacol\" class=\"last col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"description\" class=\"readable stacked\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen this book was first published in 1898, it was an international plea for justice. Just as Admiral Thomas had restored Hawaiian sovereignty in 1843 following an illegal action by Lord Paulet, Queen Lili'uokalani prayed that the American nation would similarly reestablish the Hawaiian throne. Queen Lili'uokalani died on November 11, 1917, her poignant plea for justice unanswered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"If a big wave comes in large fishes will come from the dark ocean which you never saw before, and when they see the small fishes they will eat them up; such also is the case with large animals, they will prey on the smaller ones; the ships of the whitemen have come, and smart people have arrived from the Great Countries which you have never seen before, they know our people are few in number and living in a small country; they will eat us up, such has always been the case with large countries, the small ones have been gobbled up.\" - David Malo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Queen Liliuokalani\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback: 432 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Tuttle Publishing (October 1991)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e"}
Hawaiʻi's Story by Hawaiʻi's Queen
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