Violette of Kohala: Growing Up on a Hawaiian Sugar Planation

Hilo HI: Carol Gonsalves. Near Fine. (c.2005). First Edition. Softcover. [light handling wear only]. Trade PB (B&W photographs, two maps) Reminiscences of life in the North Kohala district, at the northern tip of Hawaii's Big Island, by a woman who was born in 1918 and had lived in the area since her parents (father a Korean immigrant, mother the descendant of German immigrants) moved there when she was one year old. She was involved in numerous activities in her community, and contributed articles and columns to the local newspaper. . (Inventory #: 28458)