Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America's First Imperial Adventure
A North American Hi..., American History, Biography book. As Americans gained a new belief in their manifest destiny around the...
Around 200 A.D., intrepid Polynesians arrived at an undisturbed archipelago. For centuries, their descendants lived with little contact from the western world. In 1778, their isolation was shattered with the arrival of Captain Cook. Deftly weaving together a memorable cast of characters, Lost Hawaii brings to life the ensuing clash between a vulnerable Polynesian people and relentlessly expanding capitalist powers. Portraits of royalty and rogues, sugar barons, and missionaries combine into a sweeping tale of...
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Liliu then went on to offer advice to her young niece, whom she realized was old enough to understand the burden as well as the privilege of being an alii. You must learn to control your feelings, that was what saved my life. I would have worked myself up to that pitch of excitement as to have been injurious to my health and to be calm and cool at all times is the easiest waybe self possessed and it will be sure to react on the opposite partybut the true secret is to know your own worth. If you were to mould your character in everything that is upright... As Americans gained a new belief in their manifest destiny around the globe, Hawaiians lost their country, the first sovereign nation to become a casualty of Americas imperial outreach. Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom: The Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America's First Imperial Adventure //
The book started out slow, not getting to the main person and her monarchy until near the end. But it is highly interesting and sad the White men's greed stole this kingdom's sovereignty. Disclaimer: I received this book in a Goodreads giveaway in the expectation that I would write a review of it.This is not the happy story of how altruistic Americans freed the Hawaiian people from tyranny. (I'm sure there is such a book, somewhere.) It is, however, a well-researched look at the life and times of Lili'u, the last queen... I really appreciated reading this thoughtful and detailed history of Hawaii. I'm embarrassed how little I knew about its past and ANNEXATION by the United States. It was a great look at a part of American history that I imagine many of us mainlanders don't know about.
