Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen (American Biography Series) [Hardcover]

Queen Liliuokalani (Author)

Book Description

Series: American Biography Series | Publication Date: October 1991

The Hawaiian kingdom's last monarch wrote her biography in 1897, the year before the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States. Her story covers six decades of island history told from the viewpoint of a major historical figure. Introduction by Glen Grant.

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Reprint Services Corp (October 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781282454
• ISBN-13: 978-0781282451
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,185,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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58 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful and heartfelt account of tragedy., June 14, 1998

By 

Larry Kwiatkowski ([e-mail]) (Honolulu, Hawai`i) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen (Paperback)

Hawai`i's Story by Hawai`i's Queen Lili`uokalani details an account of the heartache and tragedy of the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy by the Committee of Safety (Missionary Party) in the late 1800s. Written in the Victorian style of the times by the queen herself, her account shows she was very well aware that she and her people were doomed. Lili`uokalani proves herself a very dignified and regal lady, every inch a queen. Highly recommended reading for the real facts of this tragic period of Hawaiian history.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "An Unusual Woman" as she was known by some...very moving..., July 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen (American Biography Series) (Hardcover)

You are there with her in her emotions as you read the accurate accounts from her own words. Who can deny the facts coming from a book written by our beloved Queen Lili`uokalani herself? An incredible woman, faced in a powerless state of being...A Queen of Hearts...

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A taste of Hawaiian modern history., August 20, 2007

By 

R. M. King (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hawaii's Story (Paperback)

Hawaii's Story is a brief and somewhat long winded tale. This book part autobiography and part memoir, details the life of Queen Lili'uokalani the last monarch of the Hawaiian Islands. The Queen describes the events of her life in some cases in minute detail. A devout Christian and a socialite, the Queen constantly describes dinner parties as well as other social occassions she attended. In some places the Queen does detail the happenings on the Hawaiian Islands, and finally toward the end of the book she details the overthrow of her administration and the attempts by the new provisional government to annex the Islands to the U.S.

The Queen makes some valid points in arguing against annexation by the U.S. The book does contain some interesting chapters detailing the resulting investigation of U.S. authorities into her regimes overthrow and how the Cleveland Administration attempted to end the wrongful overthrow of the Queen. The Queen till the end is a respectful and articulate writer and never seems as though her anger has influenced her words. Hawaii's Story is a sad chapter in U.S. History. This book contains many pieces of interesting information and is a good starting place for those interested in studying the subject. Those looking for a more in-depth analysis or a more direct. factual account on Hawaii's history should look further as they will not find much information on Hawaiis history outside of the late 1800s.