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Includes a 4 column spread on Henry J. Kaiser
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50.00 |
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Title: |
MEN AND WOMEN OF HAWAII |
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Edited by Gwenfread E. Allen |
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Description: |
A biographical directory of noteworthy men and women of Hawaii Dedicated to
Walter Francis Dillingham
A Man of Hawaii--Leader, Builder, Humanitarian
April 5, 1875 - October 22, 1963 Hardcover (6 1/2 x 9 1/2), Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1966. Volume 8. 583 pages. B/W photos. Heavy volume. |
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Condition: |
Name inside cover, clean text but for two pages with mild soil spots, moderate age discoloration on title page and endpapers, spine straight with minimal looseness of hinge, moderately bumped corners and edge wear. |
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Summary: |
"...The men and women whose pictures and biographies you will find in this book are those who have had the most to do with providing the energy and imagination necessary to the transition of Hawaii from its once somnolent state to the present supercharged atmosphere of the capital of the Pacific. These are are people who are, first of all, realists; but who have had the wisdom and foresight to recognize that, in this dynamic age of the Pacific, to be a realist is to be an optimist...." An 8-page section recounting the life and accomplishments of Walter Dillingham is a special inclusion for this volume. People profiled in this volume come from a variety of backgrounds: attorney, architect, college professor, corporation executive, retail store executive, college administration, musician, state archivist, savings and loan executive, public health physician, volunteer worker, YMCA executive, Episcopal clergyman, Safety engineer, art professor, home economical professor, insurance agent, artist, business manager, importer/exporter, wholesale distributor, postal clerk, union representative, author, educator, sugar plantation overseer, rancher, retired newspaperman, accountant, federal aviation executive, art museum director, anthropologist, government officials, retired army office, chief of police, stock broker, realtor, restaurateur librarian, lumber executive, dentist, bank executive, entertainer and on and on.... Includes a 4 column spread on Henry J. Kaiser. CLICK THE "MORE IMAGES" LINK ABOVE TO SEE MORE OF THIS TITLE |
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