![]() Some comes in the form of migratory birds which inadvertently transport seeds, and some happens because of ocean currents. ![]() Gradually, over millennia, the rich and fertile soil erupts with plant and animal life. The first chapter, “From the Boundless Deep,” covers the emergence of Hawaii as a landmass that forms as a result of lava cooling after volcano eruptions. ![]() To fully immerse his reader in the multiculturalism of Hawaii, Michener chose to mix untranslated Hawaiian, Japanese, and Chinese words into the text – as we read, we learn small bits of each language. Michener’s novel combines well-researched and historically accurate framework with fictional or fictionalized characters and tells stories about the way new waves of inhabitants made their way to the islands: first the Pacific Islanders, then New England missionaries, and finally Chinese and Japanese immigrants. Drawing on his experiences serving in the Pacific Theater in WWII and on his life on the islands afterwards, Michener created a sprawling epic that traced the history of Hawaii and its peoples from the creation of the volcanic islands through the 1950s. ![]() James Michener’s sweeping, multi-generational saga Hawaii was published in 1959. ![]()
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