A hand-book on the annexation of Hawaii

A.B. Morse Co., printers, 1897. in wrappers. Very Good. The very rare pamphlet is bound in the original wrappers with moderate age toning There is light edge wear, with a small loss to the lower right corner of the front cover A library stamp is visible on the front cover, along with institutional ink notation The map on the rear wrapper shows light smudging The binding is solid The pages are clean with mild to moderate age toning The printed addendum slip is included at page 57 The work is illustrated with several maps of Hawaii, which show mild age toning.

Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade world-wide. Very Good A Hand-Book on the Annexation of Hawaii. Author: Lorrin A Thurston - Lorrin Andrews Thurston (July 31, 1858 - May 11, 1931) was a lawyer, politician, and businessman born and raised in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi The grandson of two of the first Christian missionaries to Hawaii, Thurston played a prominent role in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom that replaced Queen Liliʻuokalani with the Republic of Hawaii, dominated by American interests He published the Pacific Commercial Advertiser (forerunner of the present-day Honolulu Star-Advertiser), and owned other enterprises From 1906 to 1916 he and friends lobbied with national politicians to create a National Park to preserve the Hawaiian Volcanoes [Courtesy Wikipedia] Publisher: AB Morse Company, Printers and Binders City: St Joseph, Michigan Year: c 1897 Binding Style: Softcover Pagination: 83 pages Width: 6" Height: 9" Book Details: From the introduction, "Shall Hawaii be Annexed?" "This pamphlet is designed to digest and concentrated for the information of the busy man, the principal arguments for and against annexation; the replies to objections thereto; and to furnish a brief description of the people, laws, finances, educational system, resources and civilization of the country proposed to be annexed, and such documentary evidence as is necessary to the full understanding of the issues involved