"A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i" by Patrick Vinton Kirch. 2012 University of California Press. Apparent first edition, First Printing (lowest number of year sequence is 12, for 2012, and lowest number on printing sequence is 1). ISBN 9780520273306. xvii+348 pages, with black and white photos printed throughout the text and a small color photo section. Hardcover with dust jacket.
History of the ancient Hawaiian civilization and the impact of their environment on their growth. The author intersperses stories from his own travels.
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