[LMB] OT: Random?

[alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca]

On Mon, 27 Dec 2021, WalterStuartBushell wrote:
> This was in the plot of _Hawaii_ by Mitchner (1986). How I remember the author’s name
> after all those years, I don’t know.

James Michener, who was an extremely prolific writer of very thick, 
well-researched, bestselling novels for many years. According to 
Wikipedia, the novel was published in 1959, the year that Hawaii became 
the 50th U.S. state (OK, I had NO idea that Hawaii wasn't a state til 
then!)

Thor Heyerdahl also wrote about Polynesian travel in his books Kon-Tiki 
and Aku-Aku, and even mounted his own real-life expeditions to prove the 
trips were possible.

Alayne

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