Niele au: how accurate do you think Michener's account of ancient Tahiti/Hawai‘i is? Not the geology part, but the lives of the people and the dicovery of Hawai‘i. He says he did plenny research, still I wonder about the validity of what he wrote. The book is "historical fiction"...
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Michener's "Hawai`i"
Niele au: how accurate do you think Michener's account of ancient Tahiti/Hawai‘i is? Not the geology part, but the lives of the people and the dicovery of Hawai‘i. He says he did plenny research, still I wonder about the validity of what he wrote. The book is "historical fiction"...
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Originally posted by Mokihanahow accurate do you think Michener's account of ancient Tahiti/Hawai‘i is? Not the geology part, but the lives of the people and the dicovery of Hawai‘i. He says he did plenny research, still I wonder about the validity of what he wrote. The book is "historical fiction"...
valid as what?
historical fiction?
yes, of course.
But valid as a history book?
I would say, you could do worse.
Valid as a great story?
Sure!
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Re: Michener's "Hawai`i"
Originally posted by Mokihana
Niele au: how accurate do you think Michener's account of ancient Tahiti/Hawai‘i is? Not the geology part, but the lives of the people and the dicovery of Hawai‘i. He says he did plenny research, still I wonder about the validity of what he wrote. The book is "historical fiction"...
Miulang"Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain
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I was a big fan of Michener's work for a long time, and I own half-a-dozen of the big books (Centennial, The Covenant, The Source, etc.). If I read Hawai'i it was long before I moved here, and I don't remember it.
On balance, you can trust most of his historical data, I think. His character's motivations are his own imagination at work.
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Originally posted by kimo55valid as what?
historical fiction?
yes, of course.
But valid as a history book?
I would say, you could do worse.
Valid as a great story?
Sure!
Just wondered if there's been any reports that the book was humbug in any way... like he was way off with his facts about the ancient Polynesian culture.
I thought the movie was junk.Aloha,
Mokihana
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