Presstime in Paradise: The Life and Times of the Honolulu Advertiser, 1856-1995

by George Chaplin

Book Overview

Since it first rolled off the presses in 1856, The Honolulu Advertiser has been an important force in reporting and shaping the news of Honolulu and, secondarily, the Hawaiian Islands. Established as The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, a four-page weekly, it was the first enduring non-government owned or subsidized newspaper published in the Hawaiian Kingdom. Under its first owner, the son of New England missionaries, the Advertiser became the most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824820320
• ISBN13: 9780824820329
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"