Paperback Travelers' Tales Hawai'i: True Stories Book

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ISBN: 1932361286

ISBN13: 9781932361285

Travelers' Tales Hawai'i: True Stories (Travelers' Tales Guides)

By Micol Ostow

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Book Overview

Discovering Hawaii is likely to be a lifetime labor of love, not easily accomplished during a two-week vacation. Yet insights do reward those travelers who approach the Islands and their people with open minds and hearts, humor, and humility, even if the encounters are brief. Travelers' Tales: Hawaii gathers compelling essays by major writers about this magical destination. The book features personal stories from new voices and literary stars. They include veteran travel writers, first-time visitors, Kamaaina residents, and native Hawaiians. The complexities of Hawaii -- from its spiritual resonances to its inexplicable addiction to Spam -- are beautifully conveyed in such varied essays as Rick Bass's "Paradise Rising" and Rob Walsh's "The Tropic of Spam." These stories reveal Hawaii in a way no ordinary travel book could, shedding light on why millions have traveled -- and continue to travel -- to these remote islands in search of paradise. This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1932361286

ISBN13:9781932361285

Release Date:September 2005

Publisher:Travelers' Tales

Length:394 Pages

Weight:0.98 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 8.2"

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Rated 4 stars
Rediscovered cultural guidebook

By Thriftbooks.com User, September 30, 2009

I recently wrote a review of a guidebook that I thought was excellent for a first-time traveler to Kauai, and I commented that all the guidebooks I had read were good at telling me about good places to go but didn't give me a real sense of the place and the people. When I got back I found this book on my shelf. I had bought it before a trip to Oahu. I had forgotten about it before going to Kauai, and ever since my return...

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Island Paradise Revisited

By Thriftbooks.com User, August 31, 2008

This eclectic collection of essays written by an assortment of travel writers that include Paul Theroux who lives in Hawaii, Englishman, Jonathan Raban, who loves the ocean, but does not like the sand, and a host of lesser known authors captures the spirit of Hawai'i. Each author brings a different prospective and reflection upon the nuances of paradise. My personal favorite is, Travels with Bird, by Hawaiian Sally-Jo Keala-O-Anuenue...

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A very solid Hawai'i travel book - What to see when in the aloha state!

By Thriftbooks.com User, June 15, 2006

When I have been to Hawai'i, I've found it's good to go in the off- season (Feb.-thru-May), go to the Pro Bowl, AFC-NFC Conference Cham- pionship game, The Big Island; The Volcano(s), Moloka'i; Moloka'i Ranch, Ni'ihu is accessable only by helicop- ter, Ko'olawe must be gone to by ar- rangement by boat to help clean up; it was used by US Military as dumping ground, 1944-71; Maui has great Harbour and Luaus. Kaua'i also has...

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