Sheldon Dibble

Ka Mooolelo Hawaii: The History of Hawaii - Hawaiian Language Reprint Sheldon Dibble Illustrated edition

This is a facsimile reprint of the 1838 Lahainaluna history of Hawai'i. It is called by David Forbes in his Hawaiian National Bibliography (2000), "one of the most important books on Hawaii. This is the first Hawaiian history written and published in Hawaii, and the first from a Hawaiian viewpoint. Sometimes catalogued as the work of David Malo, it is rather the cooperative effort of a select group of Lahainaluna students and their instructor, Sheldon Dibble."