A unique biography of Kamehameha’s sacred daughter who in legend was descended from the gods.
|
Price: |
24.00 |
|
Title: |
Nahi'ena'ena Sacred Daughter of Hawaii |
|
Author: |
Marjorie Sinclair |
|
ISBN: |
0-8248-0367-1 |
|
Description: |
Hardcover (5 1/2 x 8 1/4), University Press of Hawaii, 1976. 177 pages. B/W illustrated section. |
|
Condition: |
Clean and tight, bump bottom edge alse mild wear, dustjacket has small hole in spine,
some age discoloration on back and minimally on outer page edges, flaps intact
Overall a very good copy |
|
Summary: |
"Nahienaena is the first book-length, fully documented biography of a Hawaiian woman. The author's primary sources were missionary letters, journals, and publication (notably those of Charles Stewart, William Richards, and William Ellis); the accounts of early Hawaiian historians and visitors; and official documents. In an effort to understand how Nahienaena was viewed by the Hawaiian people, Professor Sinclair has read closely the three extant chants honoring this sacred daughter of Kamehameha I. What emerges is the absorbing history of a bright and exalted young chiefess who became a pawn in early Hawaiian politics and who remains a symbolic memory in Hawaiian history." --from dustjacket flap. CLICK THE "MORE IMAGES" LINK ABOVE TO SEE MORE OF THIS TITLE |