PDF Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen

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Hawaii's
Story
by
Hawaii's
Queen
Description
In 1893, Liliuokalani, the Queen
of Hawaii, was deposed
and five
years later her nation became an incorporated
territory of the United States. Published shortly
after these momentous events, her book Hawaii's
Story by Hawaii's Queen is an incredibly personal
history of the islands that she was born to rule.
Liliuokalani covers from her birth in 1838
through the reigns of her forebears to her own
turbulent time as Queen of the Hawaiian Islands.
Written to explain to the world the injustice of
her situation and to reclaim the sovereignty
which she had lost, the Chicago Daily Tribune
claimed that quotnoscholar or lawyer could have
stated it more effectively.quotBut despite her
persuasive prose Hawaii never again regained its
independence or its monarchy. Hawaii's Story
by Hawaii's Queen is a fascinating history of one
of the United States of America's smallest but
most unique states as it was going through
significant change at the turn of the 20th
century. Queen Liliuokalani
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was the last reigning monarch of the kingdom of
Hawaii. She ascended the throne in January of
1891, upon the death of her brother, King David
Kalakaua. For years after her overthrow, the
Queen sought redress in the Congress and courts
of the United States, but her efforts failed. Her
autobiographical history Hawaii's Story by
Hawaii's Queen is the only work by a Hawaiian
monarch and provides insight into her fight to
regain her throne and life on Hawaii during the
late-19th century.