Review: Hawaii
Nutzerbericht - GoodreadsThis is truly a mammoth book that covers the history of Hawaii from the formation of the islands (yup, literally) to just before Hawaii acquired statehood in the 50's. For the most part, I enjoyed the ...
Review: Hawaii
Nutzerbericht - Dana Stabenow - GoodreadsI first read this book back in my teens, and I was in Hawaii recently and decided it was time to reread it. It has held up really well in the interim. Okay, Michener not the greatest master of the ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Hawaii
Nutzerbericht - Elizabeth - GoodreadsI must admit, this is SLOW to start,as with MUCH of Michener's work, but once into the story (and the history), it was very hard to put down. There are so many interesting eras and ethnic insights ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Hawaii
Nutzerbericht - Steve - GoodreadsMichener begins with the geologic formation of Hawaii and ends with its entry as the 50th state. Over the course of a thousand pages (and millions of years), we learn how many ethnic groups fought and ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Hawaii
Nutzerbericht - Steve aka Sckenda - GoodreadsMichener begins with the geologic formation of Hawaii and ends with its entry as the 50th state. Over the course of a thousand pages (and millions of years), we learn how many ethnic groups fought and ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Hawaii
Nutzerbericht - GoodreadsJames Michener continues his global tour with Hawaii, another historical epic. Hawaii covers the entire history of the Islands, from their discovery by their earliest inhabitants, through the first ...
Review: Hawaii
Nutzerbericht - Patricia - GoodreadsThe wish to visit Hawaii from the time I first read this book in the sixties came true this February. I was determined to reread the book before the trip but had to settle for reading it on the 13 ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Hawaii
Nutzerbericht - Steven - GoodreadsI read this book while I was in Vietnam in 1970. I found it interesting as I had spent a couple of days in Hawaii while enroute to my duty assignment as a US soldier. Not long after I finished the ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Hawaii
Nutzerbericht - David Earle - GoodreadsIf you're wanting to read a big sprawling epic novel that's like 2-3 inches thick I can highly recommend James Michener's classic “Hawaii” that begins when the first settlers who came to the islands ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
Review: Hawaii
Nutzerbericht - Alice - GoodreadsJames A. Michener is a master storyteller if I've ever come across one; he is truly in a league of his own. (But then again, I don't normally read from cover to cover books longer than 500 pages, let ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
