TY - BOOK AU - Day,A.Grove AU - Stroven,Carl TI - A Hawaiian reader T2 - Tales of the Pacific SN - 0935180079 U1 - 996.9 PY - 1965///, 1984 CY - Honolulu, Hawaii PB - Mutual Pub. KW - Hawaii KW - History N1 - Reprint. Originally published: New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1959 N2 - This anthology contains thirty-seven selections from the work of thirty authors who have written about Hawaii. The selections have been arranged in chronological order by date of incident or setting, starting with the discovery of the islands by Captain Cook. Five pieces representing ancient Hawaiian literature and lore have been placed at the end of the book. Each selection is preceded by a brief introduction concerning the author and the particular offering. The texts, written by many hands over almost two hundred years, have not been changed except to modernize the spelling and punctuation ER -