Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii -- James L. Haley, Paperback House & Home from Kathmandu to the summit

from Kathmandu to the summit where--plagued by a combination of hubris

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Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii -- James L. Haley, Paperback House & Home from Kathmandu to the summitThe most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. After its "discovery" by Captain Cook in the late 18th Century, Hawaii was fought over by European powers determined to take advantage of its position as the crossroads of the Pacific. The arrival of the first missionaries marked the beginning of the struggle between a native culture with its ancient gods, sexual libertinism and rites of human sacrifice,