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Maria Mahoi of the Islands
- Jean Barman
- Transmontanus
- 104 pages, 6.75×9.75 inches
- Price: $16 CAD
- ISBN-10: 1554200075
- ISBN-13: 9781554200078
- Date published: 2004-05-20
- Availability: out of stock
About Maria Mahoi of the Islands
Born to a Hawaiian father and a First Nations mother, Maria (pronounced Ma–Rye–ah) lived her entire life on… [read more]
Born to a Hawaiian father and a First Nations mother, Maria (pronounced Ma–Rye–ah) lived her entire life on the Gulf Island of British Columbia’s southwest coast. A true pioneer, she lived from the mid 1850s to 1936, bore thirteen children, and now has a variety of descendents including loggers, fishermen, university professors, and a former provincial minister of finance. Acclaimed historian Jean Barman gives us a portrait of a woman who was independent, resourceful and proud of her Hawaiian heritage. Maria was also a woman ahead of her times, as she kept her name, protected her interests, and even went to court to contest a will.
Maria Mahoi of the Islands is Number 13 in the Transmontanus series of books edited by Terry Glavin. [less]
About Jean Barman
Jean Barman has an EdD in History of Education (UBC), a MLS (Berkeley) and a MA in Russian Studies (Harvard)… [read more]
Jean Barman has an EdD in History of Education (UBC), a MLS (Berkeley) and a MA in Russian Studies (Harvard). She is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the author of The West Beyond the West: A History of British Columbia (University of Toronto Press). [less]
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