Bibliography of non-indigenous literary writings on the Pacific

@Voltaire, Françcois Marie Anouet de, Les Oreilles du Comte de Chesterfield et le
Chaplain Goudman in Nouvelles Mélanges 17th part, Paris, ^1775, %FR #POL Tah *Fic
story by "Dr Gron " who sailed with Cook
@von Hanstein, Otfrid, Von Den Baumhütten der Lae Womba zum Paradies in der Südsee,
Leipzig: Fock, ^191-?, %GM #Pac *Fic juv
@von Stulpnagel, Roeder, Brennendes Oel: Bens Abenteuer in der Suedsee, Bamberg:
Bayerische Verlagsansatalt, ^1953 %GM #Pac *Fic juv
@Von Tempski, Armine, Dust: a novel <strong>of</strong> Hawaii, New York: Stokes, ^1928 %US #POL Haw
*Fic
@Von Tempski, Armine, Hula: a romance <strong>of</strong> Hawaii, New York: Stokes, ^1927 %US #POL
Haw *Fic
@Von Tempski, Armine, Fire: a novel <strong>of</strong> Hawaii, New York: A.L. Burt, ^1929 %US #POL
Haw *Fic
@Von Tempski, Armine, Hula: a romance <strong>of</strong> Hawaii, New York: Stokes, ^1927 %US #POL
Haw *Fic
Set in Hana, with some historical interest in the engineering <strong>of</strong> irrigation for the dry side <strong>of</strong>
Maui and much fascination with the ‘romance’ <strong>of</strong> the old planter kamaaina life-style, plus
evident love <strong>of</strong> the natural beauty <strong>of</strong> the island. Curiosities <strong>of</strong> old spelling Hawaiian.
The landscape and the romance is pre-packaged in a dualist Eden-”Devil’s Garden”
mode <strong>of</strong> thought: anything so perfect and innocent and alluring must be a temptation to
decadence. This is reflected in the texture <strong>of</strong> the book, which tries to be a society comedy <strong>of</strong>
errors (bitchy widow on the make) as well as a tropical idyll, and which concentrates in a
complexly fascinating way on hybridity. The hero is true-blue phlegmatic English engineer
conquered by fatherly passion, but the central family is Irish gone to seed in Hana. The
heroine is an innocent “girl-woman” <strong>of</strong> white blood but Hawaiian habits and nickname. Her
crusty mentor is a family retainer, half Scots and half Hawaiian who, as head <strong>of</strong> the paniolos
inhabits the margins <strong>of</strong> the household, both all powerful and subservient. The villain is the
typical untrustworthy and overly passionate “half-white” (an <strong>of</strong>fensive phrase presumably
deriving from ‘Hapa haole’) attended by a cold German, but his female counterpart plays a
beautiful loyal and wise confidante, combining all the best features <strong>of</strong> a European and
Hawaiian heritage.
Pure Hawaiian people and culture do not get a look in except as labourers, and are
as children because they lack a ‘European’ capacity for “imagination”.
also an autobiography, Born in Paradise, New York: Literary Guild <strong>of</strong> America, n.d.
(?1940)
@Von Tempski, Armine, Lava: a saga <strong>of</strong> Hawaii, New York: Stokes, ^1930? %US #POL
Haw *Fic serend195/718; search
@Von Tempski, Armine, Thunder in Heaven New York: Duell, Sloane & Pearce, ^1942
%US #POL Haw *Fic search
also wrote Born in Paradise, NY: Duell, Sloane & Pearce, c1940, London: Hale.
1945. auto. portrait <strong>of</strong> Hawaii
appearing as ALOHA. My Love to You: The Story <strong>of</strong> one who was born in
Paradise, NY: Duell, Sloane & Pearce, 1946?
and Ripe Breadfruit NY Doodd Mead, 1935 ??
@Vorhies, John R., The Nathan Hale, London: Spearman, (^1968) %UK #NPAC *Fic
Ser182,721, $12 813.5/Vor/1 grant
Begins with the impeachment <strong>of</strong> the US President for ordering the launch <strong>of</strong> two
ICBMs into the Tasman Sea in violation <strong>of</strong> international treaties. Makes comments later about