Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii

I wouldn’t have read this book were it not for the fact I—for the first time—visited the Big Island recently. I had read one white man’s fictional reflections on another set of Pacific islands, Galapagos, while I was there, from Kurt Vonnegut, and discovered that Letters from Hawaii is a collection......more

It was a slow read, but worth it. My husband and I visited Hawaii in January and were surprised to find out about its disturbing history: American businessmen bought the land for pennies, took advantage of the natives, and then overthrew their legal government. Twain's book, actually a compilation o......more

As you can clearly see by how long it took me to get through this book it was a slog to read! But also, I started college during my reading of this book which left me with less time to read it. Letters From Hawaii is a weird book because I wasn’t a huge fan of it, as aside from some pretty and well w......more

Die Reiseberichte aus Hawaii waren Twains großer Durchbruch und sind in diesem Werk (erstmals?) so zusammengetragen worden. Wer ein Interesse an dem Autor und einer subjektiven Rückschau auf ein Hawaii des Jahres 1866 werfen möchte, mit all seinen politischen, wirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen......more

So I haven't read Mark Twain in a very long time and I don't recall if I've ever read anything by him in his own voice, ie., not a fictional story. This book has me laughing out loud at parts, it was so funny. Other parts were dry and boring (he was writing these letters as a reporter, so he had to......more