Legends and Myths of Hawaii
Subtitle: The Fables and Folk-Lore of a Strange People
Contributors: Glen Grant (Editor)
Publisher: Mutual Publishing
Published: June 1990
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780935180862
Subjects: General; Sociology
First sentence: THE legends following are of a group of sunny islands lying almost midway between Asia and America-a cluster of volcanic craters and coral-reefs, where the mountains are mantled in perpetual green and look down upon valleys of eternal spring ; where for two-thirds of the year the trade-winds, sweeping down from the northwest coast of America and softened in their passage southward, dally with the stately cocoas and spreading palms, and mingle their cooling breath with the ever-living fragrance of fruit and blossom.