Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure (Hardcover) by Julia Flynn Siler

from jen.e.moore

For someone researching Hawaiian history or the American imperial impulse, this would be an invaluable resource. For general reading - well, it's a history book, and it reads like one. It's a very sympathetic portrait of Lili'uokalani, the last reigning monarch of Hawai'i, and of the political ma...

from KarenIrelandPhillips

The life story of Lili'uokalani, the last queen of Hawai'i, deftly frames the narrative of this diligently researched and accessible history. The islands of Hawai'i, a Polynesian kingdom of great beauty, were united by King Kamehameha about 1810 as an early constitutional monarchy. Western mercha...

from lindap69

The history of Hawaii from earliest times through the take over by the United States in the late 1800's. The beginning of imperialist USA and the loss of a culture are sad, but a fascinating look at the people who shaped this state. A great example of history as story. Good on audio.

from oldbookswine

Having known little about Hawaii I found this to be an great history of a state. Beginning with the founding of the Sandwich Islands to 1917 and the death of the queen the history has been researched in depth. With the coming of Christian missionaries native Hawaiians begin to lose their culture ...

from charlie68

The author manages to make this era of Hawaii's history come alive with deep insights. Also provides the reader sufficient background to get the full perspective on the reasons of why things turned out the way they did. I won't look at Hawaii the same way again.