Gavan Daws

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Gavan Daws writes about Hawai'i, the Pacific, and Asia. He has also made documentary films about the region. His other work includes song lyrics and a stage play. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Humanities in Australia, and served as the Pacific member of the UNESCO Commission on the Scientific and Cultural History of Humankind.

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1968: Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands, Macmillan, New York.
1970: "The Hawaiians" (with Robert Goodman and Ed Sheehan), Island Heritage, Norfolk Island.
1973: Holy Man: Father Damien of Molokai, Harper, New York.
1980: "A Dream of Islands", Norton, New York.
1982: "Night of the Dolphins", Deakin University, Australia.
1985: "Land and Power in Hawaii" (with George Cooper), Benchmark Books, Honolulu.
1988: Hawaii: The Islands of Life, (Nature Conservancy, Honolulu.
1989: "Hawaii 1959-1989", Publishers Group Hawaii, Honolulu.
1994: Prisoners of The Japanese - POWs of World War II in the Pacific, William Morrow, New York.
1998: "Follow The Music" (with Jac Holzman), FirstMedia, Santa Monica.
2000: "Archipelago" (with Marty Fujita), University of California, Berkeley.
2002: "Bite The Hand: A Play", El Leon, Berkeley.
2006: "Honolulu: The First Century", Mutual Publishing, Honolulu