With a distinct style that breathes with life, O.A. Bushnell tells an epic story that has a huge cast of characters and the full drama of history. Two daring men set out to construct an immense irrigation project on the slopes of a vast volcano. This soon proves to be the costliest venture ever attempted in the Kingdom of Hawaii. The "Big Ditch" - six feet wide, a yard deep and seventeen miles long - has to be dug by hand, blasted and tunneled out of sheer rock, and shored up with massive pipes that span ravines. If not completed on schedule, the government waits to take possession of the ditch and others will reap the tremendous fortune to be made by growing sugarcane with the water it brings.
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Great Sequel about the First Japanese in Hawaii,
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This review is from: The Water of Kane (Mutual Publishing Paperbacks) (Mass Market Paperback)
Another stellar Bushnell story. This is the continuation of The Stone of Kannnon, which recounts the story of the first Japanese arriving to the Hawaiian Islands (Maui). Unfortunately in the begining of the book I had a hard time remembering the characters. As I read on I began to remember, it was like meeting long lost friends. While the focous was on the immigrant workers that were building an irrigation ditch, I enjoyed the little side stories of some of the other immigrants who had decieded to go on to other endevors (farming, prositution). It was also interesting to see the contrast in some of the Hoale characters, which is very realistic to Hawaii. This author can really convey the feeling of Hawaii.
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