HAWAIIAN LEGENDS OF VOLCANOES, collected and translated from the Hawaiian
by WESTERVELT, William D...;..foreword by JAGGAR, T.A. JR
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Rutland, VT: CHARLES E. TUTTLE CO PUB. Very Good. 1968. HARDCOVER; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 4x6"small. VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid, bright..; GOLD spine & COVER titles on RED cloth hard covers...FRONT COVER SHOWS WHITE & BLACK HAWAIIAN SHORELINEW IWTH PALM TREES & WHITE CLOUDY SKY, ALL ON RED SILK CLOTH.. RED ENDPAPERS; Photo frontis giant tree ferns; 205pg pages; William Drake Westervelt set into lyrical prose Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes. Reverend William Drake Westervelt was born in Oberlin, Ohio in 1849. He graduated from Oberlin College and then Oberlin Theological Seminary in 1874. After settling in Hawai i, he married Caroline Dickinson Castle, a missionary descendant. Starting in 1908, he served in various positions with the Hawaiian Historical Society. An amateur folklorist, Westervelt translated the myths from original Hawaiian language sources .
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- Wonderful Books by Mail (US)
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- Title
- HAWAIIAN LEGENDS OF VOLCANOES, collected and translated from the Hawaiian
- Author
- WESTERVELT, William D...;..foreword by JAGGAR, T.A. JR
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- HARDCOVER; Fifth Printing
- Publisher
- CHARLES E. TUTTLE CO PUB
- Place of Publication
- Rutland, VT
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Travel, Hawaii, Island, Pacific, Honolulu, Biography, HISTORY, Polynesia culture, Folklore
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