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In this book, two superb writers and one of the world's finest photographers have combined to portray the rich heritage that goes into the making of a Hawaiian, a heritage bequeathed by Polynesians, Chinese, Caucasians, Japanese, Koreans, and Filipinos. Today's Hawaii is sensitively evoked, and the reader is made aware of origins and tides, plantings and harvests, rhythms and appetites that in a more leisurely, less troubled time, when the dream of an island in the sun came truer more often than it does now, allowed man to live in balance with his environment.