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Siler, Julia Flynn.
Lost kingdom :
Hawaii's last queen, the sugar kings and America's first imperial adventure /
Julia Flynn Siler.
1st ed.
New York :
Atlantic Monthly Press,
2012.
xxx, 415 p., [16] p. of plates :
ill., maps ;
24 cm.
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-324) and index.
pt. 1. Island kingdom. Born in paradise ; Progress and liberty ; Aloha ; High chiefs of sugardom ; Pele's wrath -- pt. 2. The House of Kalākaua monarch ; To England ; Bayonet constitution ; Be not deceived ; Enemies in the household -- pt. 3. Manifest destiny. Pious adventurers ; Crime of the century ; Secrets of the flower beds ; Kingdom come ; Born under an unlucky star.
Library Journal,
080111, p. 60.
Kirkus Review - Adult,100111.
Publisher's Weekly,
101011, p. 45.
Booklist,
120111, p. 11.
Library Journal,
010112, p. 114.
Deftly weaving together a memorable cast of characters, "Lost Hawaii" brings to life the ensuing clash between a vulnerable Polynesian people and relentlessly expanding capitalist powers. Portraits of royalty and rogues, sugar barons, and missionaries combine into a sweeping tale of the Hawaiian Kingdom's rise and fall. At the center of the story is Lili'uokalani, the last queen of Hawai'i.
20120323.
Liliuokalani
Queen of Hawaii
1838-1917
Political and social views.
United States
Relations
Hawaii.
Hawaii
Relations
United States.
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