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A aquarj Tiki Socialite SF bay area, CA Joined: Apr 02, 2002 Posts: 1125	A aquarj Posted posted on Wed, Aug 14, 2002 8:19 PM If you visit that site mentioned by thejab (booklines), I also highly recommend any of the books by Frederick Wichman. I got two of them from a Kauai bookstore a few years ago - Kauai Tales and Polihale - so it's neat to see them and more online. These are collections of short stories based on Hawaiian legends. Most of the stories don't directly star tiki gods, but there are occasional references to Ku or Pele or the like. They're beautifully written and the plotlines have nice pacing, and really give you a feeling for old hawaii. The kind of folk tales that tell the "story" behind a famous natural feature like a waterspout or a rock formation, or the Menehune Ditch. Wichman lives on the north shore of Kauai, way around almost at the end of the road, and I think his family goes pretty far back in the islands. -Randy

If you visit that site mentioned by thejab (booklines), I also highly recommend any of the books by Frederick Wichman. I got two of them from a Kauai bookstore a few years ago - Kauai Tales and Polihale - so it's neat to see them and more online.

These are collections of short stories based on Hawaiian legends. Most of the stories don't directly star tiki gods, but there are occasional references to Ku or Pele or the like. They're beautifully written and the plotlines have nice pacing, and really give you a feeling for old hawaii. The kind of folk tales that tell the "story" behind a famous natural feature like a waterspout or a rock formation, or the Menehune Ditch.

Wichman lives on the north shore of Kauai, way around almost at the end of the road, and I think his family goes pretty far back in the islands.

-Randy

Post #5935 by aquarj on Wed, Aug 14, 2002 8:19 PM