"Outstanding thinkers of the Western world are pulled into [Kanahele's] creation, adding luster, interest, and academic panache to this highly readable book."

George H. S. Kanahele, 1930-2000, received the Hawaii Book Publishers Association John Dominis Holt Award in 2000 for his significant contribution to Hawaii publishing. He is also the author of Waikiki 100 B.C. to 1900 A.D.: An Untold Story (UH Press, 1996) and Emma: Hawaii's Remarkable Queen (UH Press for the Queen Emma Foundation, 1999).