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Gavan Daws

Gavan Daws is a historian and author of nine books about the Pacific and Asia, including a previous Nature Conservancy book, "Hawaii: The Islands of Life" (1988). He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii. Marty Fujita is a Research Associate of the Smithsonian Institution and founding director of The Nature Conservancy's Indonesia Program. She lived and worked in Indonesia for over seven years and now resides in Oakland, California.

Gavan Daws book reviews

  • Daws: Shoal of Time 5 out of 5

    by Michael, Jun 15, 2010

    I am half-Hawai'ian. I can only wish I had read this book before, or that it was taught in freshman high school in the islands. I only wish somebody would take up the responsibility to fill in the ... read more

  • Daws: Holy Man 4 out of 5

    by Amy, Mar 1, 2010

    fascinating history re: the leper colony on Molokai island in Hawaii, would appeal to those interested in public health and colonialism read more

  • Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II in the Pacific 5 out of 5

    by Jen, Mar 21, 2009

    I borrowed this book from my grandfather (a WWII Navy vet who was a prisoner of the Japanese) years ago. I could never bring myself to read it and it's been sitting on my shelf since then. Time to at ... read more