Gavan Daws

Gavan Daws

Gavan Daws writes about Hawai'i, the Pacific, and Asia. He has also made documentary films about the region. His other work includes song lyrics and a stage play. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Humanities in Australia, and served as the Pacific member of the UNESCO Commission on the Scientific and Cultural History of Humankind.

Partial bibliography

*1968: "Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands", Macmillan, New York.
*1970: "The Hawaiians" (with Robert Goodman and Ed Sheehan), Island Heritage, Norfolk Island.
*1973: "Holy Man: Father Damien of Molokai", Harper, New York.
*1980: "A Dream of Islands", Norton, New York.
*1982: "Night of the Dolphins", Deakin University, Australia.
*1985: "Land and Power in Hawaii" (with George Cooper), Benchmark Books, Honolulu.
*1988: "Hawaii: The Islands of Life", (Nature Conservancy, Honolulu.
*1989: "Hawaii 1959-1989", Publishers Group Hawaii, Honolulu.
*1994: "Prisoners of The Japanese - POWs of World War II in the Pacific", William Morrow, New York.
*1998: "Follow The Music" (with Jac Holzman), FirstMedia, Santa Monica.
*2000: "Archipelago" (with Marty Fujita), University of California, Berkeley.
*2002: "Bite The Hand: A Play", El Leon, Berkeley.
*2006: "Honolulu: The First Century", Mutual Publishing, Honolulu

ee also

List of famous people from Hawaii

External links

* [http://www.harpercollins.com/global_scripts/product_catalog/author_xml.asp?authorid=16206 Author's profile] "(Harper Collins blurb)"


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