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Informationen zum Autor Julia Flynn Siler is an award-winning journalist. Her book, The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty , was a New York Times best seller. She has written for Business Week and the New York Times , and is now a contributing writer for the Wall Street Journal in San Francisco. Klappentext Deftly weaving together a memorable cast of characters, "Lost Hawaii" brings to life the ensuing clash between a vulnerable Polynesian people and relentlessly expanding capitalist powers. Portraits of royalty and rogues, sugar barons, and missionaries combine into a sweeping tale of the Hawaiian Kingdom's rise and fall. At the center of the story is Lili'uokalani, the last queen of Hawai'i. "Siler's "Lost Kingdom" is a riveting saga about Big Sugar flexing its imperialist muscle in Hawaii . . . A real gem of a book." --Douglas Brinkley, author of "Cronkite" "A disturbing and dramatic story deftly captured by Julia Flynn Siler. She vividly depicts a cast of characters driven by greed, desperation, and miscalculation. How the queen lost her kingdom says as much about America and its new era of overseas expansion as it does about Hawaii." --T. J. Stiles, author of "The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt," winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award "This imperial land grab in our not so distant past is far too little known . . . Julia Flynn Siler's lively, moving, colorful account will help restore it to the place in our national memory where it ought to be." --Adam Hochschild, author of "To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918" "[Siler is] able to color in many figures who had heretofore existed largely in outline or black and white . . . an important chapter in our national history, one that most Americans don't know but should." --"New York Times Book Review" "Siler captures . . . what Hawaii was then and what it has evolved into today. What happened to the islands is known as one of the most aggressive takeovers of the Gilded Age . . . Siler gives us a riveting and intimate look at the rise and tragic fall of Hawaii's royal family . . . a reminder that Hawaii remains one of the most breathtaking places in the world. Even if the kingdom is lost." --"Fortune" "[A] well-researched, nicely contextualized history . . . 'one of the most audacious land grabs of the Gilded Age.'" --"Los Angeles Times" "A fascinating . . . tale of intrigue and imperialism, supplemented throughout with anecdotes by and about literary luminaries such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Herman Melville--all of whom traveled to and opined on the islands." --"Christian Science Monitor" ...
