Status Updates From Yesterday in Hawaii: A Voya...

This book has a very strange chapter layout. It is suppose to be a voyage through time yet it glosses over huge chunks of Hawaiian history. The chapter subjects are all over the place, there is not a good flow. What makes up for it is the amazing artwork, illustrations, and photos in this book.

And beyond the reef & beyond the blue, nesting among coconut trees and bananas, umbrella trees and breadfruits, oranges, mangoes, hisbiscus,algaroba and passionflowers, almost hidden in the deep, dense greenery, was Honolulu. Bright blossom of a summer sea! Fair Paradise of the Pacific! --Isabella Bird