From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and "one of the greatest poets of our age ... the Thoreau of our era" (Edward Hirsch) comes a thrilling story, in verse, of nineteenth-century Hawaii. Here is the story of an attempt by the government to seize and constrain possible victims of leprosy and the determination of one small family not to be taken. A tale of the perils and glories of their flight into the wilds of the island of Kauai, pursued by a gunboat full of soldiers. A brilliant capturing--inspired by the poet's ...
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and "one of the greatest poets of our age ... the Thoreau of our era" (Edward Hirsch) comes a thrilling story, in verse, of nineteenth-century Hawaii. Here is the story of an attempt by the government to seize and constrain possible victims of leprosy and the determination of one small family not to be taken. A tale of the perils and glories of their flight into the wilds of the island of Kauai, pursued by a gunboat full of soldiers. A brilliant capturing--inspired by the poet's respect for the people of these islands--of their life, their history, the gods and goddesses of their mythic past. A somber revelation of the wrecking of their culture through the exploitative incursions of Europeans and Americans. An epic narrative that enthralls with the grandeur of its language and of its vision.
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A Masterpiece
This is a novel in verse based on the true story of Piilani, who fled to the Kalalau Valley of Kauai with her husband Koolau, who suffered from leprosy and was threatened with exile to Molokai. Rather than be separated from his wife and son, Koolau took his family into the valley and armed himself with a rifle. Koolau gained notoriety when he killed a deputy sheriff and soldiers sent to arrest him.
I have read several accounts of Koolau and Piilani's story, including Jack London's story, "Koolau the Leper" and Piilani's story as told told a newspaperman. It seems that Merwin has thoroughly researched the events and that even though this is work of fiction, he has skillfully woven the facts of the case into his epic poem .
