Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of Swedish born journalist, judge and anthropologist who deserted a whaling ship in 1844 and settled in Hawaii. Married to an ali'i, the daughter of a medical kahuna and the former governor of Molokai, he was instrumental for half a century in rescuing Hawaiian traditions and mythology from fast-approaching oblivion and opposing the leaders of the Protestant 'missionary group'. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Notes, bibliography, index. xiv, 322 pp. ISBN: -824804597.