My Name is Makia–A Memoir of Kalaupapa (book review)

by Misty on September 29, 2012
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[gn_quote]Kalaupapa started to be like a playground for me. School only for three hours in the morning, seven-thirty to ten-thirty. All I cared was I didn’t have to work taro patch anymore. On Oahu every weekend my parents made us…
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Book Review – Kapoho: Memoir of a Modern Pompeii

by Alex on December 17, 2011
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[gn_quote] Decades after the August AD 79 eruption that buried Pompeii and its sister cities, Pliny the Younger chronicled how his beloved neighborhood had disappeared into the earth.  Frances Kakugawa is Pliny the Younger to a modern Pompeii called Kapoho.…
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Book Review – Island Son: The Life and Times of Hawaii’s Republican Reformer

by Alex on December 9, 2010
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Being retired from politics for some time now, Fred Rohlfing isn’t afraid to say “I told you so” on a number of political matters—in fact, he literally does so when it comes to the topic of mass transit.  Early in …

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New Book: “Island Son: The Life and Times of Hawai’i’s Republican Reformer”

by Alex on September 15, 2010
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Press Release via Watermark Publishing

Fred Rohlfing’s Island Son Presents an Alternative View of Hawai‘i Politics

A fresh look at Hawai’i politics, past and present, is the theme of Fred Rohlfing‘s autobiography—Island Son: The Life and Times of Hawai‘i’s

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Book Review: Rainbows Over Kapa’a

by Alex on June 3, 2010
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Due to the unique character of Kapa’a, a landless Hawaiian had become an established business man in the Kaua’i community.

Hawaii is often seen as very different from other places in the world.  In turn, each island has its own …

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