In Haste with Aloha: Letters and Diaries of Queen Emma, 1881-1885 animals the man known and loved

the man known and loved as Hawai‘i’s comic genius

born and raised in Waipahu on the Island of O‘ahu

To the Hawaiians of old she was a living deity

never-before-published portraits of the monarchs

In Haste with Aloha: Letters and Diaries of Queen Emma, 1881-1885 animals the man known and lovedEdited by David W. Forbes Hardcover This ambitious volume assembled by scholar David W. Forbes features a collection of ninety previously unpublished letters, as well as excerpts from two diaries, written between 1881 and 1885 by Hawaiian royal consort Queen Emma Kaleleonlani. In Haste with Aloha illuminates the last five years of the Queens life and makes available an important record of royal social life and customs in nineteenth century Hawaii.