Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands
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Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands

Gavan Daws
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Gavan Daws' remarkable achievement is to free Hawaiian history from the dust of antiquity. Based on years of work in the documentary sources, Shoal of Time emerges as the most readable of all Hawaiian histories.
Genres: HistoryNonfictionAmerican HistoryTravelCulturalAmericanHistoricalUnfinished
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