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 Lehua, Ka'ao a ka Wahine
In the spring of 1819 King Ka me ha me ha the first died after reigning over the first unified Kingdom of Hawai’i.   His  young  son,  Li ho li ho,  became  Kamehameha  II, but effective  control  of  the  government  was  inherited  by  the  old  king’s  favorite wife, Ku hina Nui [Queen  Regent], Ka’a hu ma nu.   That  fall, Liholiho was forced to agree to the abandonment of the native religion: the lifting of the ka pu.
Five months later, the first contingent of Christian missionaries arrived. It was a death sentence to the 3000 year old Ka naka Ma oli [true people] culture  in  Hawai’i.
Lehua lia kahu’ama lio’aka lani pa’aka lo le [Lehua, the shiny haired questioner], the fictitious young noblewoman of this novel, comes of age at this trying moment in Hawaiian history. Her ancestry gives her the right, responsibility and ability to be her people’s leader, but with the lifting of the kapu, she is suddenly bereft of her divine reason to be.
Beset by doubt, alien temptations and a welter of rational, if frightening, options, she falls in love with a half-Hawaiian paniolo [cowboy] who, in rescuing her from kidnappers, takes her on a romantic Hawaiian road trip, and they fall in love.
Together, they confront an uncertain future astride the divergent forces that will ultimately doom her culture.
In 1893 local American businessmen  overthrew  the  Republic  of  Hawai’i and traded the Islands to the U. S.
In the spring of 1819 King Ka me ha me ha I died after reigning over the first unified Kingdom of Hawai’i.   His  young  son,  Li ho li ho,  became  Kamehameha  II,  but  effective  control  of  the  government  was  inherited  by  the  old  king’s  favorite wife, Ku hina Nui [Queen  Regent], Ka’a hu ma nu.   That  fall, Liholiho was forced to agree to the abandonment of the native religion: the lifting of the ka pu.
Five months later, the first contingent of Christian missionaries arrived. It was a death sentence to the 3000 year old Ka naka Ma oli [true people] culture  in  Hawai’i.
Le.hua.lia.kahu.ama.lio.aka.lani.pa’aka.lo.le [Lehua, the shiny haired questioner], the fictitious young noblewoman of this novel, comes of age at this trying moment in Hawaiian history. Her ancestry gives her the right, responsibility and ability to be a leader of her people, but with the lifting of the kapu, she is suddenly bereft of her divine reason to be.
Beset by doubt, alien temptations and a welter of rational, if frightening, options, she falls in love with a Hawaiian-Chinese paniolo [cowboy] and makes a life for herself, her o hana [family] and her circle of influence, astride the divergent forces that will ultimately doom her culture.
In 1893 local American businessmen  overthrew  the  Republic  of  Hawai’i and traded the Islands to the U. S.
In the spring of 1819 King Ka me ha me ha the first died after reigning over the first unified Kingdom of Hawai’i.   His  young  son,  Li ho li ho,  became  Kamehameha  II, but effective  control  of  the  government  was  inherited  by  the  old  king’s  favorite wife, Ku hina Nui [Queen  Regent], Ka’a hu ma nu.   That  fall, Liholiho was forced to agree to the abandonment of the native religion: the lifting of the ka pu.
Five months later, the first contingent of Christian missionaries arrived. It was a death sentence to the 3000 year old Ka naka Ma oli [true people] culture  in  Hawai’i.
Lehua lia kahu’ama lio’aka lani pa’aka lo le [Lehua, the shiny haired questioner], the fictitious young noblewoman of this novel, comes of age at this trying moment in Hawaiian history. Her ancestry gives her the right, responsibility and ability to be her people’s leader, but with the lifting of the kapu, she is suddenly bereft of her divine reason to be.
Beset by doubt, alien temptations and a welter of rational, if frightening, options, she falls in love with a half-Hawaiian paniolo [cowboy] who, in rescuing her from kidnappers, takes her on a romantic Hawaiian road trip, and they fall in love.
Together, they confront an uncertain future astride the divergent forces that will ultimately doom her culture.
In 1893 local American businessmen  overthrew  the  Republic  of  Hawai’i and traded the Islands to the U. S.
In the spring of 1819 King Ka me ha me ha I died after reigning over the first unified Kingdom of Hawai’i.   His  young  son,  Li ho li ho,  became  Kamehameha  II,  but  effective  control  of  the  government  was  inherited  by  the  old  king’s  favorite wife, Ku hina Nui [Queen  Regent], Ka’a hu ma nu.   That  fall, Liholiho was forced to agree to the abandonment of the native religion: the lifting of the ka pu.
Five months later, the first contingent of Christian missionaries arrived. It was a death sentence to the 3000 year old Ka naka Ma oli [true people] culture  in  Hawai’i.
Le.hua.lia.kahu.ama.lio.aka.lani.pa’aka.lo.le [Lehua, the shiny haired questioner], the fictitious young noblewoman of this novel, comes of age at this trying moment in Hawaiian history. Her ancestry gives her the right, responsibility and ability to be a leader of her people, but with the lifting of the kapu, she is suddenly bereft of her divine reason to be.
Beset by doubt, alien temptations and a welter of rational, if frightening, options, she falls in love with a Hawaiian-Chinese paniolo [cowboy] and makes a life for herself, her o hana [family] and her circle of influence, astride the divergent forces that will ultimately doom her culture.
In 1893 local American businessmen  overthrew  the  Republic  of  Hawai’i and traded the Islands to the U. S.
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