Hawaii: True Stories of the Island Spirit (Travelers' Tales Guides)

by Rick Carroll, Marcie Carroll

Release Date: July, 1999

Edition: Paperback

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Anyone who loves the Hawaiian islands will love this book.

This is more of a suggestion for reading rather than a review: read the book from beginning to end because the editors have done a splendid job of organizing the essays to present a coherent and colorful view of Hawaii. I don't know of a better contemporary look into what has attracted tourists to the islands since the first Polynesians arrived. While not exactly a travel guide, it is a map for how one might travel. As a cultural anthropologist, I enjoyed hearing the many voices telling the stories of this Pacific crossroads. The book belongs to the best tradition of the Hawaiian impulse to talk story.