He Keiki Hawaiʻi:
ʻO Ke Ola me Nā Mele o Eddie Kamae

Ua eo nō he 3 makana Palapala Poʻokela Award mai ka Hawaiʻi Book Publishers Association: Excellence in General Hawaiian Culture, Excellence in Non-Fiction Books and Excellence in Writing Non-Fiction.

Me ka noʻonoʻo nui i nā kumu he nui a Eddie Kamae i launa pū ai, na Eddie lāua me ka mea kākau ʻo James D. Houston i palapala kona huakaʻi ponoʻī ma ke kāʻei kua o Hawaiʻi ma ke kenekulia iwakālua. Me nā kiʻi mōʻaukala me nā kiʻi i kaha ʻia he sepia me ka ʻelekeʻo, ʻōlelo aku ʻo Eddie i nā ʻōlapa, nā hoʻokani, nā haʻi moʻolelo, a me nā kūpuna i alakaʻi maila iā ia ma kāna ʻimi aku i nā kumu o ke moʻolelo mele waiwai o Hawaiʻi me ka hoʻokuleana hou i kona hoʻoilina moʻomeheu.

Makahiʻo nō ua puke nei i ke kumu o ka hoʻōla hou ʻia o ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi ma o ko Eddie ola a ʻoihana he hīmeni, he haku mele, he hōʻeuʻeu, he kumu a he paʻi kiʻiʻoniʻoni. Aia pū nā manaʻo o ko Eddie ʻohana ma kona wā ʻōpio ma Honolulu me Lahaina, ma kīnohi o kona aʻo i ka hoʻokani, a me ka moʻolelo o kāna pana paionia, ʻo The Sons of Hawaiʻi. Kia pū nei puke ma ka liliuewe ʻana o kāna ʻoihana ʻelua he luna kuhikuhi no nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni piliolana ma kāna pūkaʻina eo makana ʻo Hawaiian Legacy Series. He alakaʻi nui ma ka hōʻeuʻeu moʻomeheu no nā makahiki he kanakolu i hala akula. Palapala me ka hōʻike pū ko Eddie ʻike i nā mea Hawaiʻi kuʻuna a me nā moʻomeheu kahiko i nalo nei.

“He heluhelu maikaʻi… ʻo he mea kēia e pā ai ka poʻe a pau. A maiau loa ke kākau ʻana.” Na Herb Kawainui Kāne, mea kākau no Ancient Hawaiʻi.

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