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The burning island : a journey through myth and history in the volcano country, Hawai'i / Pamela Frierson.

Title
The burning island : a journey through myth and history in the volcano country, Hawai'i / Pamela Frierson.
Author
Frierson, Pamela.
Publication
San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, c1991.

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Description
xiii, 267 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
Summary
Contrasts native and western views of the land and explores attitudes toward nature on the Hawaiian Island of Hawaii.
Series Statement
Sierra Club nature and natural philosophy library
Uniform Title
Sierra Club nature and natural philosophy library.
Subject
  • Hawaiian mythology
  • Volcanoes > Hawaii > Hawaii Island
  • Hawaii Island (Hawaii) > Social life and customs
  • Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii)
  • Mauna Loa (Hawaii Island, Hawaii)
Note
  • Map on lining papers.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-246) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0871567946
LCCN
^^^90046398^
OCLC
  • 22345530
  • SCSB-13507396
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library