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Author : Linda Paik Moriarty
Release : 1986-07-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 980/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Niihau Shell Leis by : Linda Paik Moriarty
Download or read book Niihau Shell Leis written by Linda Paik Moriarty. This book was released on 1986-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history of the traditional Hawaiian necklaces made of seashells and explains how the necklaces are made.
Author : Harold Thornton Stearns
Release : 1947
Genre : Geology
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Book Synopsis Geology and Ground-water Resources of the Island of Niihau, Hawaii by : Harold Thornton Stearns
Download or read book Geology and Ground-water Resources of the Island of Niihau, Hawaii written by Harold Thornton Stearns. This book was released on 1947. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports on the domestic water supply derived from rain caught from roofs and some ground wells. Overall, the island has high aridity, unfavorable geologic structures, continuous deposition of salt spray, and abundant authigenic salts in the lake beds.
Author : Ruth M. Tabrah
Release : 1987
Genre : Niihau (Hawaii)
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Book Rating : 591/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Niʻihau, the Last Hawaiian Island by : Ruth M. Tabrah
Download or read book Niʻihau, the Last Hawaiian Island written by Ruth M. Tabrah. This book was released on 1987. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ni'ihau, long known as Hawaii's 'Mystery Island', or the 'Forbidden Isle', has a rich, fascinating history put down for the first time in Ruth Tabrah's Ni'ihau: The Last Hawaiian Island. In her compelling, fast-paced, very personal and vivid style, Ms. Tabrah gives us an intimate look at Hawaii's only privately owned island. From her story of Lord Vancouver's rescue of two 'shanghaied' Ni'ihau wahines who were the first Hawaiian women ever to see the American west coast to the unusual history of the Scotch family who bought Ni'ihau for $10,000 in 1864, readers will feel as if they too have visited this island where, until recently, so few outsiders have ever been able to go."--Back cover.
Author : Edgar Wollstone
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Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Niihau Incident by : Edgar Wollstone
Download or read book Niihau Incident written by Edgar Wollstone. This book was released on . Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 7th, 1941, Ni'ihau faced the most unexpected event. Among the 137 islands in Hawaii, Ni'ihau was known as the forbidden, which was owned by the Robinson family. The military forces enlisted for the Pearl Harbour attack chose Ni'ihau since they believed that the island was uninhabited. Shigenori Nishikaichi was flying over the Pacific Ocean in his A6M2 Zero. The 22-year-old was accompanying the bomber planes of the second wave of the Pearl Harbour attack, which targeted the Army airfield of Bellows Field. He used his 20mm cannon and 7.7 machine guns for this. The USS Arizona was sunk. The Japanese detachment was caught by a squadron of American P-36 Hawks on their way back to the aircraft ship.However, the Japanese pilot crash landed due to the damaged fuel tank as a part of the attack. Hawila Kaleohano, discovering the Japanese plane, collected the documents from the plane and saved the pilot. As he was not very proficient in English, three of the Japanese residing there were approached. The natives were unaware of what was happening between the countries and the three Japanese people hid what they knew from the pilot. They devised a scheme to save the pilot. It all culminated in a major onslaught. Shintani and the Harada couple suffered after trying to execute their plan. Eventually, Nishikaichi was killed by Ben and his wife. Read the story of attack and betrayal.
