DON BLANDING
"Hula Moons"
Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1930
Printed by the Vail-Ballou Press, Incorporated, Binghamton, New York
Hardback, 303 pages
Prose, Illustrations & Decorations by Don Blanding
"Hawaii Nei" Color Frontispiece by Earl Challenger and Don Blanding
"Blue Lagoon" Photograph by Max Long, Honolulu
Dedication:
To the Immortals of Vagabond's House...
To the Troglodyte for his loyal superb friendship...
To the second Philosopher for his dry wisdom and patient endurance...
To the Small Person for being herself...
To Mouse for gnawing certain ropes and because of a dream...
To the Rowdy Duchess for her gay camaraderie...
To Der Looie for unswerving devotion...
To Nell for her belief...
To Congo and Congai for their diverting scandalous antics...
To the Little Feller for any number of reasons...
To Mang Chu for keeping all evil things away...
I dedicate my book.
ALOHA
Acknowledgement: I offer my thanks to Asia Magazine and to Travel
Magazine
for their kind permission to use selected material from articles of mine
which have appeared in their publications.
Chapters:
| Preface What Is Hawaii? Rhapsody Approach to Paradise Aloha Pig and Poi Feast The Great Scar Lazy Days |
Hula Gods and Old Ghosts Guide Posts to Paradise The Dutiful and the Damned Patterns of Fury White Honolulu Chasing Rainbows Torches in Paradise Waikiki |
Baby Street The Beach of Skulls Flowers of the Rainbow Death Fish May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii The Gay Funeral Aloha Oe Glossary |
Poems:
| What is Hawaii? These Islands... There's a Misty Murky Magic... |
BOM...bmmm...BOM...bmmm... Flyers Glamour's Gone |
Baby Street Yesterday's Men Aloha Oe |
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