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Lana'i
Contributor(s): De Jetley, Alberta (Author)
ISBN: 1467134309     ISBN-13: 9781467134309
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
OUR PRICE:   $19.79  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2015
* Not available - Not in print at this time *
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy)
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials)
LCCN: 2015936956
Series: Images of America
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
 
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Publisher Description:
Long before neatly cultivated rows of pineapple fields stretched out as far as one could see, demon spirits are said to have made L?na'i uninhabitable for humans. The spirits were banished by a young man from L?haina who is credited with forming the first settlement on the island. Centuries later, in 1778, warriors battled on the island's steep cliffs and drove their enemies to their deaths. Every living thing was destroyed, all except for one man who saved himself by leaping off a cliff into the ocean and swimming to safety. Time heals, and the land endured. When winter storms turned barren slopes green again, the natives returned and were followed in later years by men who carved their names into the history of L?na'i.

Contributor Bio(s): De Jetley, Alberta: - A keiki o ka ?ina, a child of the land, Alberta de Jetley is the publisher and editor of L?na'i Today, a community newspaper she started in 2008. Alberta grew up at K?e'le, which was the center of the island's population base before the island was transformed into the world's largest pineapple plantation. The editor of the Lanaian, a community newsletter from 1986 to 1990, she continues to have a front-row seat to view the changing community of L?na'i.