Ancient Hawaiʻi
Herb Kawainui Kāne
Softcover, 111 pp.
This is the story of an ocean going peoples who voyaged thousands of miles, then inhabited the most isolated islands in the world. Without metals or the fuels and inventions of the 21st Century they prospered. The text is accompanied by Herb's amazing paintings, which are an excellent visual reference for what Ancient Hawaiʻi could have looked like. This is a book for anyone interested in a sweeping, yet clear, and well framed introduction to ancient Hawaiian culture.