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Hawaiis last queen, the sugar kings, and americas first imperial adventure, in a tale of one of the most breathtaking land grabs of the gilded age. This fascinating book about the history of hawaii leading up to its annexation by the united states covers some of the same material as sarah vowells recent and also wonderful book, unfamiliar fishes, but lost kingdom goes into greater detail, especially about the life of liliuokalani, hawaiis last queen. Hawaii s last queen, the sugar kings, and americas first imperial adventure with earbuds playaway adult nonfiction prerecorded audio player by julia flynn siler, joyce bean performed by. In the course of my research, i realized that although american history had. How sugar brought an end to hawaii s nationhood hawaii is the only u. Noelani arista, assistant professor of history at university of hawaii at manoa. In julia flynn silers new book, lost kingdom, we get a close look at how foreigners from germany, britain and the united states jockeyed for.