David Kalakaua

By Ruby Hasegawa Lowe

Book Id: WPLBN0002096772
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Reproduction Date: 6/16/2011

Title:	David Kalakaua
Author:	Ruby Hasegawa Lowe
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Education, Hawaiian History
Collections:	Authors Community, Biographies
Historic Publication Date:	1999
Publisher:	Kamehameha Schools Press

Member Page:	Hale Kuamoʻo Hawaiian Language Center
Citation APA MLA Chicago Hasegawa Lowe, B. R. (1999). David Kalakaua. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
This volume contains the history of Hawaii's last reigning king, David Kalakaua. It covers all the way from the beginning (birth) of David Kalakaua, his time as king, and all the way to his death. A highly respected man of his time, this book was written to educate the students with a piece of Hawaiian history and the story of our last king of Hawaii.

Excerpt
Kalakaua's name translates literally as "The Day [of] Battle." As his life matched his name, King David Kalakaua's reign was very much a daily battle between Hawaiian traditions and values and Western influences.After his death this king has come to be recognized as a "renaissance man," a modern man of many talents and interests. However, in life his heart was like that of his forefathers, the Hawaiians of old. His story is of a man who faced the challenges of his time and survived as best he could.

Table of Contents
Preface -- vii -- Acknowledgments -- ix -- Introduction -- 1 -- Birth and Hanai -- 3 -- Early Years -- 8 -- Kalakaua Rex -- 13 -- Kapiolani -- 17 -- The Merrie Monarch -- 21 -- Kalakaua, the Renaissance Man -- 27 Music -- 27 Writing -- 33 -- Technology -- 36 -- History -- 41 -- Fashion -- 45 -- Kalakaua and the Reciprocity Treaty -- 46 -- Iolani Palace -- 50 -- Kalakaua, the World Traveler -- 55 -- Crowns for a King and Queen -- 62 -- The King's Birthday -- 66 -- Claus Spreckels -- 70 -- Celso Moreno -- 74 -- Walter Murray Gibson -- 77 -- Times Were Not Always Merry -- 83 -- Robert Wilcox -- 90 -- Kalakaua's Friend -- 94 -- Kalakaua and the Edison Recording -- 98 -- Kalakaua Comes Home -- 102 -- Conclusion -- 108 -- Bibliography -- 111 --