In Haste with Aloha: Letters and Diaries of Queen Emma, 1881-1885 animals as Map and Geography Librarian

as Map and Geography Librarian at Brigham Young University in Provo

To the Hawaiians of old she was a living deity

the snow goddess—offer explanations for natural events framed in glorious battles

THE NANJING MASSACRE: POEMS offers us a series of snapshots of human cruelty

But systems for managing natural and human resources in the island chiefdoms were well established prior to their arrival

In Haste with Aloha: Letters and Diaries of Queen Emma, 1881-1885 animals as Map and Geography LibrarianEdited by David W. Forbes Hardcover This ambitious volume assembled by scholar David W. Forbes features a collection of ninety previously unpublished letters, as well as excerpts from two diaries, written between 1881 and 1885 by Hawaiian royal consort Queen Emma Kaleleonlani. In Haste with Aloha illuminates the last five years of the Queens life and makes available an important record of royal social life and customs in nineteenth century Hawaii.