Plants of Old Hawaii Non Fiction surviving oral history

surviving oral history

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These catch phrases are so ingrained in the lexicon and culture of Hawai‘i that many people who say them today do not even know where they originated

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Plants of Old Hawaii Non Fiction surviving oral historyPlants of Old Hawaii is a book about the 20 major plants Hawaiians brought with them from the South Pacific around AD 450 when they settled the Hawaiian Islands. The book includes illustrations by Joan Flemming of each plant and its flower and fruit, as well as plant descriptions, habitats, uses, legends, and proverbs. A peom about each plant and its uses by Julie Williams, a classroom teacher at the Kamehameha Schools, enhances the factual