Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 3, 1 March 2014 — Queen's story is republished with additional material, photos [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Queen's story is republished with additional material, photos

By Francine Kananionapua Murray The king, high chiefs and all the best of society were at the celebrated wedding. After whieh her new husband took her at onee to their new estate known as Washington Plaee - a Garden of Eden in the heart of the city, built by his father. Being of royal blood, living in paradise and marrying her prince charming was like a dream eome true, the stuff fairy tales are made of. But the dream heeame a nightmare she couldn't wake up from. Her brother, the king, passed away, she heeame queen and her beloved people pleaded with her to amend the Constitution. Meanwhile, a small group of well-connected individuals were conspiring to overthrow the monarchy. This real-life drama unfolded in the 1898 publication of Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, by Queen Lili'uokalani, recently republished by Hui Hānai, an auxiliary organization to the Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center, whieh wanted to expand and redo the queen's book in a

better format than it is now sold, a little pocketbook. The new version includes previously deleted material found in the original manuscripts and additional images. "This really magnificent volume that I have had pleasure of already examining with Mr. (David) Lorbes' insightful and elegant introduction is a very valuable and valued addition to that whieh most of us are familiar with, whieh is Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen ," said Gov. Neil Abercrombie. "The annotation gives it a depth and perception that SEE QUEEN'S ST0RY ON PAGE 25

Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen An Annotated Edition Hui Hānai

ūueen Lili'uokalani Trustees Dr. Claire L. Asam, Judge (Ret.) Thomas K. Kaulukukui Jr., and Judge (Ret.) Patrick K.S.L. Yim at the soft release of the re-publishing of "Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen Lili'uokalani," at Washington Plaee on January 24, 201 4. The new publication is available at Native Books.

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Continued from page 15 is not necessarily familiar to all, even those of us who have striven to immerse ourselves at least a little bit in Hawaiian history." On Jan. 24, a soft book release was held at Queen Lili'uokalani's former home. "It is especially an occasion for humhle gratitude on my part," Abercrombie said. "I never expected to be in such a position and most certainly since becoming govemor to have an oeeasion like this present itself gives me an opportunity to express to all of you the profound thanks that I have for being given the ehanee to restore Washington Plaee - to rehabilitate Washington Plaee, if you will, in honor of the queen's legacy of aloha." "It's a good time to republish this book," said Thomas K. Kaulukukui, board of trustees chair of the Queen Lili'uokalani Trust. "Because the queen's story ends - the queen's

overthrown, as we all know, and it kind of ends there. But what we wanted to do ... was talk about what happened after her overthrow, whieh is, among other things, the formation of the queen's trust to care for orphaned and destitute ehildren, whieh carries on her legacy. "So there is a continuation after her recount of her entry. That's why we did it." Bound in turquoise cloth with an elegant single word on the cover imprinted in gold, "Liliuokani," the book is luxurious. Its spine features the queen's crest in gold. Protecting the cloth is a jacket in the design of an early publication. "To have this extraordinary, valuable capacity to explore her thoughts and to understand her life in contemporary terms was the result of the publication of this book by the trust is something that I think deserves celebration," said Abercrombie. "We should be very grateful for it. The queen perseveres through the publication of her story." ■

Stacy Naipo, president of Hui Hōnai at the soft book release of the re-published "Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani," at Washington Plaee on January 24.