Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 5, 1 May 2011 — NĀ PUKE BOOKS REVIEW [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NĀ PUKE BOOKS REVIEW

Big Happiness: The Life and Death ofa Modern Hawaiian Warrior By Mark Panek 336 pp. University of Hawai'i Press. $18.99

l i The lanel we live in seems to I be strong and active. But how fares the land that lives in us? Are we sure that we are doing all we ought, to keep it in vigor and health? ... Our answers to these questions make up the account of our stewardship as keepers of a sacred trust. The land we live in is safe so long as we are dutifully careful of the land that lives in us." — Former President Grover Cleveland in a speech on Feb. 22, 1907