This early bibliography dedicated to James Hunnewell is just one of the many Hawaii related online books put up by the University of Michigan.
Bibliography of the Hawaiian Islands.
James F. Hunnewell.
1869
KEKELA O KA LANI
BORN IN 1824 AT MOKULEIA OAHU
EDUCATED BY JAMES HUNNEWELL AT LAHAINALUNA
FIRST HAWAIIAN CHRISTIAN MINISTER
ORDAINED AT KAHUKU DECEMBER 21 1849
IN 1853 HE WENT AS A PIONEER MISSIONARY TO THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS WHERE FOR 49 YEARS HE EXERCISED A REMARKABLE INFLUENCE AGAINST CANNIBALISM AND TRIBAL WARFARE
A TRUE SPIRITUAL GUIDE
IN 1864 HE WAS SIGNALLY REWARDED BY
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
FOR RESCUING AN AMERICAN SEAMAN FROM CANNIBALS
DIED IN HONOLULU NOVEMBER 1904
“O KE ALOHA, OIA KA MOLE O NA MEA PONO A ME NA MEA OIAIO A PAU”
LOVE IS THE ROOT OF ALL THAT IS GOOD AND TRUE
KEKELA
[Kekela is buried in the cemetery of Kawaiahao Church in front of his daughter Maria. His wife Naomi however is buried at the Waianae Church.]
(Kawaiahao Church)
Rev. James Kekela Plaque, Kawaiahao Church
