Synopses & Reviews
Hawaii tells the story of an uncharted melting pot of cultures, homogenized and conquered” by the United States. It traces Hawaiis path from an undisturbed island chain to its current statehood, where only 10% of the population is Native Hawaiian. The Simple History Series are intended to be informative and entertaining for interested readers of all ages. In an effort to provide a simple picture of how and why things happened, each edition explains an important historical moment in story form, with hand-drawn illustrations and maps.
Synopsis
Number five in an ongoing series of history books meant to be informative and entertaining for readers of all ages, this issue's topics is the group of tropical islands, way out in the Pacific Ocean, that somehow became our fiftieth state. How many of us know how Hawaii became a part of the U.S., or the history of our own state, for that matter?
About the Author
John Gerlach is the author of the zine Breakfast Served All Day. He lives in Minneapolis.