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Kanaka : the untold story of Hawaiian pioneers in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest / Tom Koppel.

Title
Kanaka : the untold story of Hawaiian pioneers in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest / Tom Koppel.
Author
Koppel, Tom.
Publication
Vancouver : Whitecap Books, c1995.

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TextRequest in advance F1089.7.H36 K67 1995Off-site

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Description
152 p. : ill., ports.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • British Columbia > History > 19th century
  • British Columbia > History
  • Colombie-Britannique > Histoire > 19e siècle
  • Hawaiians > British Columbia > History
  • Hawaiians > Northwest, Pacific > History
  • Hawaiiens > Colombie-Britannique
  • Hawaiiens > Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord)
  • Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord) > Histoire
  • Northwest, Pacific > History
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Terra incognita -- 2. We kill every man you bid us -- 3. A boisterous little community -- 4. Outlaws and beachcombers of the Pacific -- 5. Pitsaws and sheep pens -- 6. The Siberia of the fur trade -- 7. As black as your negroes of the south -- 8. Twenty Kanakas brandishing knives -- 9. On his Hawaiian majesty's service -- 10. Seduced by the instigation of the devil -- 11. "Free Kanakas" on the Fraser -- 12. A cabin, a garden, and some cherry trees -- 13. A Kanaka with frozen hands -- 14. "Little Hawaii" -- 15. Toe-tickling Luaus -- 16. Whistle for the wind.
ISBN
1551102951 :
LCCN
^^^95137352^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library