{"product_id":"whaling-days-in-old-hawaii","title":"Whaling Days in Old Hawaii","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn October 1819, two New England ships,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBalaena\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEquator,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ecruis­ing off the coast of Hawai‘i’s Keal­akekua Bay, harpooned and killed a whale. They were the first Amer­ican whalers to do so in Hawaiian waters, but they were certainly not to be the last. And it was only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat same year brought New England missionaries on the brig\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThaddeus.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eTheir destinies con­verged with the whalers in shaping Hawai‘i’s future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was an era when whaler lawlessness and missionary law clashed again and again, racking the land with violence and causing Hawai‘i’s king many a weary and many a worried hour. No storyteller could have invented a drama with more conflict than the one played in Hawai‘i during her wild, whal­ing days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRiots, burnings, shootings…sailors armed with pistol, club and knife, threatening missionaries and native Hawaiians alike. Ships firing can­non on missionary homes. Police trying in vain to quell riots. Sea­men demanding island girls like so much merchandise—and willing to pay the price. Gambling, drunken­ness, theft, venereal disease…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was all a part of the colorful whaling history of Hawai‘i.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBinding - Softcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islander","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49781827043610,"sku":"9781949307634","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0465\/5765\/9302\/files\/Whaling-Days-in-Old-Hawaii.jpg?v=1728181015","url":"https:\/\/na-mea-hawai-i.myshopify.com\/products\/whaling-days-in-old-hawaii","provider":"Hawaiian Council dba Nā Mea Hawaiʻi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}