Outside of the Hawaiian Islands, few people have ever heard of Arman Manookian. He died young - he took his own life at the age of 27 - and less than 30 of his oil paintings can be accounted for. Still, to those who knew him, Manookian was a legendary and fascinating figure. "For years after his demise," said writer and historian Julius Rodman, "his legend was very much alive in Honolulu."In his six years in Hawaii, Manookian bloomed as an artist,...