The Saga of the Sandwich Islands Vol. 1

Sierra-Tahoe, 1968. Later Edition. . Soft cover. Good/Good. The Saga of the Sandwich Islands Vol. I, by Scott, E.B. Sierra-Tahoe Pub., 1968, 4th ed. Hardback in good+ condition with good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Faux leather cover embossed in gold, dust jacket couple small tears front. Vol. 2 was never published. Capt. Cook named these islands the Sandwich Islands, in 1778 after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich who was First Lord of the Admiralty. This is also the Lord Sandwich of gambling fame who often spent the night at the tables with meat stuffed in-between slices of bread unwilling to leave the tables. This book is a visual narrative of these islands, the people who lived in them. It traces their transition from paganism to a multi-racial religious society. Here is the colorful story of rouges, pirates, naves, the pious, the philanthropists, and the statement. Kings and Queens and how monarchy became democracy and part of them because a state. Loaded with B&W photos contain Appendix A-C, chapter notes, reference notes, 922 pages. This book is big and very heavy and not suitable for international shipping due to being over weight and size to get flat rate.