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Presents a detailed account of Hawaii's most notorious murder trial, chronicling the social history of Thalia Massie's accusation of five nonwhite men of gang rape, the ensuing trial, its hung jury, and subsequent murder of one of suspects, prompting another trial in defense of the murderers lead by criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow.

Geologist Wendell "Duff" Duffield describes his experiences working at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on the island's K?lauea Volcano from 1969-72.

Traces the development of volcanology in Hawaii and the history of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Calvin and his friends have the opportunity to earn some money by appearing as extras in a zombie movie being filmed on a nearby beach.

A simple version of the life of Father Damien whose work among the lepers of Molokai focused the attention of the rest of the world on the dread disease.

Bethan Hamilton, a teenage surfer, lost her arm in a shart attack off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. Not even the loss of her arm keeps her from returning to surfing, the sport she loves.

Rachel Kalama, forcibly removed from her idyllic Honolulu home in the 1890s when it is discovered she has leprosy, grows up in the isolated leper colony on the island of Moloka'i where she forms a family of friends, and meets the man who will one day become her husband.

Calvin and his friends have the opportunity to earn some money by appearing as extras in a zombie movie being filmed on a nearby beach.

Deftly weaving together a memorable cast of characters, "Lost Hawaii" brings to life the ensuing clash between a vulnerable Polynesian people and relentlessly expanding capitalist powers. Portraits of royalty and rogues, sugar barons, and missionaries combine into a sweeping tale of the Hawaiian Kingdom's rise and fall. At the center of the story is Lili'uokalani, the last queen of Hawai'i.