In Haste with Aloha: Letters and Diaries of Queen Emma, 1881-1885 animals Sistah Shark: A wahine mano

Sistah Shark: A wahine mano demigod… whose bite is worse than her bark

To the Hawaiians of old she was a living deity

—Hawaii Island Journal

as Map and Geography Librarian at Brigham Young University in Provo

In Haste with Aloha: Letters and Diaries of Queen Emma, 1881-1885 animals Sistah Shark: A wahine manoEdited by David W. Forbes Hardcover This ambitious volume assembled by scholar David W. Forbes features a collection of ninety previously unpublished letters, as well as excerpts from two diaries, written between 1881 and 1885 by Hawaiian royal consort Queen Emma Kaleleonlani. In Haste with Aloha illuminates the last five years of the Queens life and makes available an important record of royal social life and customs in nineteenth century Hawaii.