Noted author and historian MacKinnon Simpson takes you back in time to the days before Honolulu could be considered a bustling metropolis.

A comprehensive history of Fort DeRussy, the site of the U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii.

How did Hawaii turn from a fiercely proud warrior-society into a land famous for its aloha spirit? Until 1898 Hawaii was a sovereign nation. A Military History of Sovereign Hawaii provides an overview of Hawaii’s remarkable military history...

A reprint of this classic of precontact history tracing Hawaii's saga from legendary times to the arrival of Captain Cook, including an account of his demise.

This informative and easy-to-follow guidebook makes the ancient sites of the Big Island of Hawaii reachable to the general public for the first time.

Legends, history, and the archaeology of thirty-two different ancient sites.

Reprint of the original Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 53, first publishing in 1928.

From the simple, thatched hale to the nation's only royal palace, from humble plantation cottages to fabulous estates and resort hotels, Hawaii architecture is as diverse as its multiethnic population.

The USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States, ruled the seas when she fired her nine 16-inch guns. Ronn Ronck tells the full, exciting story of this floating fortress, from its christening by President Truman's daughter, Margaret...

Events make history. But it is the people who produce these events that are the real history makers. To understand is to appreciate those whose lives and deeds shaped events on the Big Island. Here is much of the island's history conveniently...

Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends... Damien lived and died by these words, and by his life and death he became a saint. In his life he gave himself, body and soul, to serve leprosy sufferers at the isolated

A walk through this famous site from its pre-settlement day, when it was an uninhabited topical lagoon, to the famous attack in 1941, on to the present where it has become an American icon visited by millions every year.

A walk through this famous site from its pre-settlement day, when it was an uninhabited topical lagoon, to the famous attack in 1941, on to the present where it has become an American icon visited by millions every year.

Living life to a little-known part of American history, Ganbare! tells the individual stories of the people caught up in historical events beyond their control.

Many know Hanalei from the film South Pacific, or the song Puff, the Magic Dragon. But few know the history of this plantation town, which is protected by a bay, nourished by four rivers, and bordered by the treacherous Na Pali Coast.

Entertaining true tales of some of the many historic and missionary characters fictionalized in James Michener's Hawaii.

Pineapple was not native to the Hawaiian Islands, yet it dramatically changed Hawaii's landscape and society and helped to build the foundations on which modern Hawaii now stands.

Possibly the most important work in Hawaiian literature, Hawaii's Story is a poignant plea from Hawaii's queen to restore her people's kingdom.

Hawaiian Journey presents a visual chronology beginning with the ancient Polynesian explorers to today's vibrant multicultural society. Stunning portraits and compelling biographies provide a guide to the Hawaiian monarchy.