In Hawaii , Pulitzer Prize–winning author James Michener weaves the classic saga that brought Hawaii’s epic history vividly alive to the American public on its initial publication in 1959, and continues to mesmerize even today.

The volcanic processes by which the Hawaiian Islands grew from the ocean floor were inconceivably slow, and the land remained untouched by man for countless centuries until, little more than a thousand years ago, Polynesian seafarers made the perilous journey across the Pacific and discovered their new home. They lived and flourished in this tropical paradise according to their ancient traditions and beliefs until, in the early nineteenth century, American missionaries arrived, bringing a new creed and a new way of life to a Stone Age society. The impact of the missionaries had only begun to be absorbed when other national groups, with equally different customs, began to migrate in great numbers to the islands. The story of modern Hawaii, and of this novel, is one of how disparate peoples, struggling to keep their identity yet live with one another in harmony, ultimately joined together to build America’s strong and vital fiftieth state.

詹姆斯•米切纳（James A. Michener，1907~1997）

普利策奖得主，历史小说教父，被誉为“20世纪历史的编年者”。作为美国历史上最畅销的小说家之一，米切纳的历史小说风靡英语世界几十年，每每新作推出，都能掀起全球性的销售热潮。米切纳历史小说，通过一两个普通人的命运，将国家、民族甚至整个星球的历史娓娓道来，总是充满了异域风情和奇闻异事，又曲折动人、直抵心灵，让读者在沉浸于人物命运的同时，亦浸淫在整个人类的历史当中。

想了解这个星球的人文与历史，读米切纳是最佳选择。

关于米切纳的几件事：

为写作本书，作者亲自走访50多个岛屿，更是在夏威夷居住数年。

雄踞《出版人周刊》美国小说年度畅销榜41年！

作品销量已超过1亿册。

捐出1亿美金用于教育、文化事业。

荣获美国市民最高荣誉“总统自由勋章”。

曾任哈佛大学历史系客座教授。

曾服役于美国海军。