Thank you for that too kind introduction. Im delighted to be back here at mary washington. I was threatening when i was here last that i might not go home. If i had known 14 months ago, i would not have told you all my funny stories. Its probably best that we just move forward with our talk about liliuokalani. I am anglo. Im a mainland writer. And so my the times i will have to speak in hawaiian, its thick. We will talk a bit about the hawaiian language, the first thing i need to do is make some disclaimer of humility. Captive paradise is intended to explain the essentials of how we got our hands on the place. The reviews i got from the wall street journal all the way to honolulu magazine were extraordinary. Really wonderful reviews, which did not prepare me for the anger that i saw in the native independence blogs. They hated it. And hated me just another halle trying to make a bunch of money off our history. Apparently they think people write history for money. Which tells you someth
Writer, so the times i will have to speak in hawaiian, it is sick. We will talk about the hawaiian language. The first thing i need to do is make some disclaimer of utility, captiveility, because paradise is intended to explain the essentials of how the United States, how we got our hands on the place. I have never gotten such good reviews, the reviews i got from wall street journal all the way up to honolulu magazine were extraordinary, really wonderful reviews, which did not prepare me for the anger i saw in the native independence blogs. They hated it and hated me just hated me, just another hally trying to make another bunch of money off of our history. Apparently they think that people write history for money, which tells you something about their understanding of the publishing business. [laughter] james there was on one of these hawaiian history and culture blogs a native scholar who said yeah, he is white, he should not have written it. But i was curious, so i read it. It is no