Islands of Destiny: A History of Hawaii

This is the complete history of Hawaii.

It is the fast-moving narrative of an island nation whose settlement antedates the arrival of European pioneers by a thousand years, and whose destiny it was to become the fiftieth star in the flag of the United States of America. It tells how the Islanders have created a modern-day miracle through education, economic progress, and financial growth in the past 150 years.

Olive Wyndette became fascinated by personal contacts with the native Hawaiians dur...