Remembering Kalākaua - Joseph Mokuʻōhai Poepoe's Ka Moʻolelo O Ka Mōʻī Kalākaua I

About the author

Born on March 27, 1852 in Honomakaʻu, Kohala, Joseph Mokuʻōhai Poepoe was a Hawaiian intellectual, school teacher, attorney, legislator, translator, and newspaper writer, editor, and publisher.

Summary

Presenting Poepoe’s funerary narrative in Hawaiian and in English, this work features a kanikau (mourning chant) by Poepoe, Poepoe’s biography of the king from Kalakaua’s birth through his expansive reign, and a collection of correspondences that detail Kalakaua’s declining health and final days.

Product details

• Authors: Tiffany Lani Ing, Joseph Moku& Poepoe, Joseph Moku&&hai Poepoe, Joseph Moku?ohai Poepoe
• Assisted by: Tiffany Lani Ing (Translation)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English, Hawaiian
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9780824891923
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-9192-3
• No. of pages: 216
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous