Hawaii And A Revolution:

The Personal Experiences Of A Correspondent In The Sandwich Islands During The Crisis Of 1893 And Subsequently

Mary Hannah Krout

• Publisher: Paeroa House
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781779798824
• Subtopic: Asian American Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

In January 1893, the Kingdom of Hawaii was torn apart in a matter of days. A queen was deposed. Armed men occupied government buildings. A centuries-old monarchy crumbled under the pressure of ambition, sugar, and imperial appetite. And standing at the center of it all, notebook in hand, was Mary Hannah Krout, one of the few journalists on the ground when history was being made. This is her firsthand account, and it reads with the urgency and heat of someone who was there when the smoke was still rising. Krout brings readers into the lush, fractured world of the Sandwich Islands at its most volatile, painting a portrait of a paradise convulsed by political upheaval. She introduces the personalities, the power players, the ordinary islanders caught in the undertow of events they never chose. Her prose carries the sharp eye of a seasoned correspondent and the rare warmth of someone genuinely moved by what she witnessed. She captures the color of island life, the whispered tensions in drawing rooms, the open confrontations in the streets, and the heartbreak of a people watching their sovereignty vanish with alarming speed. This is not a dry political chronicle. It is a living, breathing document of a world in crisis, told by a woman whose presence in that place at that time was remarkable in its own right. For anyone passionate about American expansionism, Pacific history, the political fate of indigenous kingdoms, or the history of women in journalism, this book delivers on every count. Krout offers perspectives that official government reports deliberately omitted, giving voice to the complexity and moral weight of what happened in Hawaii before it became a territory and long before it became a state. Reading her account today feels startling in its relevance, raising questions about power, sovereignty, and the cost of empire that have never fully been answered. This is essential reading for history lovers, and a genuinely gripping narrative for anyone who wants to understand one of America's most consequential and least examined moments of overseas ambition.

Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• DEDICATION
• PREFACE.
• ILLUSTRATIONS.
• INTRODUCTION.
• CHAPTER I.—THE FIRST IMPULSE.
• CHAPTER II.—DISAPPOINTMENTS AND DELAYS.
• CHAPTER III.—FROM CHICAGO TO HAWAII.
• CHAPTER IV.—A FIRST IMPRESSION.
• CHAPTER V.—IN HONOLULU.
• CHAPTER VI.—THE HOME OF KAIULANI.
• CHAPTER VII.—AN OSTRICH FARM.
• CHAPTER VIII.—A VISIT TO CAMP BOSTON.
• CHAPTER IX.—KING KALAKAUA’S PALACE.
• CHAPTER X.—THE PRESIDENT’S COMMISSIONER.
• CHAPTER XI.—THE LOWERING OF THE AMERICAN FLAG.
• CHAPTER XII.—VIOLATED CORONETS.
• CHAPTER XIII.—THE PRINCESS KAIULANI.
• CHAPTER XIV.—THE CHINESE POPULATION.
• CHAPTER XV.—THE QUEEN-DOWAGER.
• CHAPTER XVI.—THE LEPER SETTLEMENT.
• CHAPTER XVII.—AN AUDIENCE WITH QUEEN LILIUOKALANI.
• CHAPTER XVIII.—THE CLOSE OF THE BLOUNT ADMINISTRATION.
• CHAPTER XX.—A LITTLE JOURNEY TO KILEAUEA.
• CHAPTER XXI.—SOCIAL LIFE.
• CHAPTER XXII.—AN INTERLUDE.
• CHAPTER XXIII.—ANCIENT CUSTOMS
• CHAPTER XXIV.—PRODUCTS.
• CHAPTER XXV.—THE PASSING OF THE NATIVE.