{"product_id":"niʻihau-peleʻs-hawaiian-landfall-a-history","title":"Niʻihau: Peleʻs Hawaiian Landfall, A History","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNiʻihau basks like a whale—or in some lights, like a jewel—across the sea from Kauaʻi. Fewer than a hundred Niihauans now live there, but it is the spiritual home to many more elsewhere in Hawai‘i. Long known as the “Forbidden Island,” it is seldom visited by outsiders. In this fully illustrated, wide-ranging study, Steven Gentry explores:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— The natural world of Niʻihau, and how its plants and animals have evolved and adapted to Polynesian and European arrivals\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Origins of Niʻihau’s inhabitants, their journey to the Hawaiian islands; Niihauan creation myths and voyaging traditions, and the development of a distinctive culture\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— The mixed blessings of European arrival in the Hawaiian islands, 1778\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Niʻihau’s complex relationship with Kauaʻi\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Purchase of Niʻihau from King Kamehameha by the Sinclair family\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Early missionaries and ranching\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Aubrey Robinson’s leadership and family, 1880s to the 1920s\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Aylmer Robinson’s stewardship of the island\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— State and private ownership, and preservation of the Niihauan language\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Dramatic and intriguing stories of island life, past and present\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe volcanic island of Niʻihau arose steaming and hissing from the ocean millions of years ago, but by the time the goddess Pele’s canoe landed on a golden Niihauan beach its fires were no more. In time Niʻihau and the other Hawaiian islands were settled by Polynesian people. Then came missionaries and, after them, ranchers. In 1864 Niʻihau was sold by the king of Hawai‘i to the Sinclair family, whose descendants still own it today. Steven Gentry traces all this history and weaves it into an intimate and engrossing account of this intriguing island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSteven Gentry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover, 376 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Hawaiʻi Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54774267183379,"sku":"jmi1790035974723","price":46.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/4029\/7235\/files\/ni_ihau-pele_s-hawaiian-landfall-a-history_1.jpg?v=1790035979","url":"https:\/\/tentcamping.shop\/products\/ni%ca%bbihau-pele%ca%bbs-hawaiian-landfall-a-history","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}