Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 10, 1 October 1988 — Time of Kamehameha Featured In Folk Press Book [ARTICLE]

Time of Kamehameha Featured In Folk Press Book

The Folk Press announces the publication of two new works whieh make significant contributions to the written history of Hawaii. They are I Ka Wa O Kamehameha (In the Time of Kamehameha): Selected Essays by Samuel M. Kamakau, translated and edited by Maleolm Naea Chun, and Fort DeRussy Days: Letters of a Malihini Army Wife (1908-1911) by Anne Goodwin Winslow (edited by her daughter, M. Winslow Chapman).

I Ka Wa o Kamehameha (In the Time of Kamehameha) is a collection of five historical essays by the distinguished Hawaiian historian Samuel M. Kamakau, author of the authoritative Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii. Hawaiian cultural specialist Maleolm Naea Chun has selected the five essays from Hawaiian language newspapers of the 19th century and presents them in both the original Hawaiian language as well as English for the first time to modern readers. The essays give important information on genealogy, the early method of giving tribute to the kings, life qt Ka'uiki, Maui and the legends of Waipi'o Valley, Hawaii. Some of the essays also contain original

Hawaiian chants with an English translation. A new biographical essay on the life and times of Samuel M. Kamakau is also included by Chun. A fascinating collection of letters written from Hawaii during 1908-1911 by an Army wife stationed at Ft. DeRussy in Waikiki, Fort DeRussy Days is filled with unique observations not only on the social life of Honolulu in the early quarter of the 20th century, but the trials, tribulations and de-

lights of an army wife stationed in the Pacific. Mrs. Winslow's letters describe parties at the homes of Queen Liliuokalani and Governor Archibald Cleghom, details of a temporary life in the newly built Moana Hotel, her fear while climbing Diamond Head at Fort Ruger and an interisland voyage to the islandof Hawaii. Her observations arewitty, insightful and sentimental as the malihini or newcomer encounters the multi-racial society of

Honolulu. Ft DeRussy Days and IKa Wa o Kamehameha are now available to the public through Kapiolani Community College's Office of Community Services (734-9211), the Mission Houses Museum Gift Shop and the United States Army Museum at Fort DeRussy. Ft. DeRussy Days retails for $6.95 and I Ka Wa o Kamehameha for $3.95.

Kapiolani Community College's THE FOLK PRESS is a small press devoted to historical reprints and original folklore material. The printing, graphics and typesetting for the publications were done by students or volunteer senior citizens. THE FOLK PRESS invites authors to submit letters, journals, diaries, oral interviews or other primary materials that may be of importance to the story of Hawaii's past. Contact Glen Grant at 7349211.