Firsts and Almost Firsts in Hawaii

By Robert C. Schmitt

This is the first book-length look at how and when a wide range of items made their first appearance in the Islands: from cockroaches, slot machines, and drive-ins to aloha shirts, parking meters, and shipwrecks. To satisfy the curious and the skeptical, endnotes and a bibliography listing more than 200 publications are provided, making this work a valuable reference for scholars and an entertaining handbook for trivia buffs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824812824
• ISBN13: 9780824812829
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"