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THE WARRIOR KING: Hawaii's Kamehameha the Great. By Richard Tregaskis. (Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., N.Y., 1973, pp. 320, $10.00.) Members price: $9.00.
This book, by the author of Guadalcanal Diary and Vietnam Diary, is the only full-length biography of the first Polynesian ruler to unite and rule all of the Hawaiian Islands. Richard Tregaskis vividly describes the Hawaiian paradise that produced Kamehameha and formed the backdrop of his long and multidimensional life.
Extensive research is evident throughout. In cinematic detail, the author tells of the first European explorers and...