Kauai: As It Was in the 1940s and '50s

Ashman, the announcer on Kauai's first commercial radio station, offers an oral history of life in the Garden Island in the prewar, Pearl Harbor, and post-World War II eras. With period photos, he shares his experiences as a young man from San Francisco encountering tropical storms, a culturally segregated society, and Hollywood's infatuation with the island. He includes a glossary of polyglot terms but not an index. Distributed by U. of Hawai'i Press. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR