Gavan Daws
Gavan Daws (b. 1933) is an American writer, historian and filmmaker residing in Honolulu, Hawaii. He writes about Hawaii, the Pacific, and Asia. He is a retired professor of history at University of Hawaii at Manoa. Daws is originally from Australia and got his B.A. in English and History from the University of Melbourne. He has a Ph.D. in Pacific History from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His best-known works are Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands, in print since 1968; Holy Man: Father Damien of Molokai, the biography of a nineteenth-century missionary priest to Hawaii who served leprosy sufferers, and who has recently been canonized; and Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II in the Pacific. Daws co-produced and co-directed Angels of War: The People of Papua New Guinea and World War II, which won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Documentary. His other work includes song lyrics and a stage play with music and choreography. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Humanities in Australia, and served as the Pacific member of the UNESCO Commission on the Scientific and Cultural History of Humankind.
18 Books Written
Review"Beautifully written, deeply perceptive." -- Los Angeles Times "An absolutely fascinating book." --The Washington Post
Gavan Daws' remarkable achievement is to free Hawaiian history from the dust of antiquity. Based on years of work in the documentary sources, Shoal of Time emerges as the most readable of all Hawaiian histories.
Drama. Set in a marine research lab, two dolphins (played by dancers) and their scientist keepers mix language and movement to create a drama that is "enacted within a breathing and buoyant metaphor" -Paul Theroux. Daws compellingly innovative first play reveals itself as alternately a verbal and physical comedy of control capsizing, and an active mediation on nature and science. "Brilliant, searc
Archipelago - The Islands of Indonesia: From the Nineteenth-Century Discoveries of Alfred Russel Wallace to the Fate of Forests and Reefs in the Twenty-First Century
by Gavan Daws
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
The Indonesian archipelago is a land of timeless natural beauty that in the twenty-first century faces unprecedented environmental degradation. It was also the biological laboratory of Alfred Russel Wallace, who, working independently of Charles Darwin, discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.Wallace, who traveled for eight years in the archipelago, was one of the great
Excellent Book
This full-color, 156 page award-winning book tells the fascinating story of the Hawaiian Islands and their wildlife. With more than 150 color photographs and text by Pacific author Gavan Daws, the book takes readers on a journey through a world full of ecological contrasts and extremes.
Hawaii, 1959-1989: The First Thirty Years of the Aloha State With Memorable Photographs from the Honolulu Advertiser
by Gavan Daws
Rating: 3.8 ⭐
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The stories of five famous westerners who found their fate in the John Williams, Herman Melville, Walter Murray Gibson, Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin.
Wayfinding through the Storm: Speaking Truth to Power at Kamehameha Schools 1993-1999
by Gavan Daws
Rating: 3.6 ⭐
Over 150 voices—young students, venerable alumni, movers and shakers, average folk, novice and seasoned teachers, Native Hawaiians, kama'aina and fresh faces from abroad—share their experiences of the 1990s Bishop Estate controversy in Wayfinding through the Storm . This is the human story of a crisis that erupted at Kamehameha Schools in the 1990s and came close to destroying a historic education
Gavan Daws A Brief History of the Hawaiian Islands > The Islands of Hawaii > Kauai and Niihau > Oahu > Molokai and Lanai > Maui and Kahoolawe > Hawaii > Trees > Native Birds > Native Plants > Fishes > Fruits and Vegetables > Holidays and Celebrations > A Sampling of Local Expressions > Fact and Fiction > Suggested Reading Illustrated by Joseph Feher.
The Night of the Dolphins
by Gavan Daws
When Western trading ships stumbled upon the harbor of Honolulu in the 1790's, the place was nothing more than a scattering of grass huts on a hot, dry, dusty plain. From the moment that first ship dropped anchor, nothing would ever be the same. This book traces the growth of this exotic harbor city.
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This rare and vintage book is a perfect addition to any bibliophile's collection
The Hawaiians
by Gavan Daws
The high chief Boki;: A biographical study in early nineteenth century Hawaiian history
by Gavan Daws
HOLY MAN: Father Damien of Molokai
by Gavan Daws