Mark Twain's Hawaii: A Humorous Romp through History

by Mark Twain, John Richard Stephens (Contribution by)

Overview

Mark Twain’s wit and wisdom is timeless. Mark Twain’s Hawaii: A Humorous Romp through History, combines Twain’s own writings on Hawaii with personal reminiscences by others who met him at that time, and traces Twain’s journey through the region just as he experienced it in 1866. The book highlights Twain’s humor, travel in the 19th century, history, social commentary, and the exotic locale in an authoritative and entertaining volume for Twain fans and Hawaii enthusiasts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493053124
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/01/2022
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

John Richard Stephens, a resident of Hawaii, is the author/editor of 23 books, including Wyatt Earp Speaks, Gold, Commanding the Storm, and The Wildest Lives of the Wild West. John’s books have been selections of the Preferred Choice Book Club, the Quality Paperback Book Club, the Book of the Month Club, and a selection of the Civil War Trust. His work has been published as far away as India and Singapore and has been translated into Japanese and Finnish. John also has the distinguished honor of being quoted around the world in lists of quotations and in several books next to such luminaries as Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Lord Byron and Franz Kafka.

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut

Table of Contents

Introduction: Mark Twain and I 9

Twain before Twain 13

Journey to Paradise 29

O'ahu 35

Honolulu 1866 36

O'ahu Explorations 63

People Who Live in Grass Houses 93

Royalty and Etiquette 113

Maui 127

A Vacation within a Vacation 128

Yosemite of the Pacific 149

Back on O'ahu 163

The King's Government 164

The Big Island 179

A Rough Journey 180

Mt. Everest Is Not the World's Tallest Mountain 185

Exploring Kona 196

Burning Down the House 207

Captain Cook Was Here 215

Sentimental Meditation 231

Moving On 238

Escaping Death … or Not 251

The Journey Continues 271

Magma on My Mind 282

Variegated Vagabondizing 302

Returning to O'ahu 313

Casualties and Survivors 314

A Social Butterfly 326

Leaving Hawai'i 331

Sailing toward the Golden Gate 332

Back in San Francisco 334

Skyrocketing to Stardom 336

Our Fellow Savages 348

The Cannibal at Home and Abroad 372

Twain's Long-Lost Hawai'i Novel 398

The Return of Mark Twain 411

Twain Returns to Hawai'i 412

Life Goes On 431

Notes 439

About the Author 469