1923 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF A KEENLY OBSERVANT WOMAN AWESTRUCK BY THE ISLANDS AND CULTURE OF HAWAII

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On offer is the handwritten manuscript travel diary as stated - "Mrs. Sam Fox, Diary of Our Honalulu Trip Starting July 21, 1923" Cruising on the Steamship "DOROTHY ALEXANDER" [res earch suggests this is the same as owned by Alaska Steamship Co., Pacific Steamship Co. Admiral Line]. Mrs. Fox is a keen observer of human nature and has an eye for detail. She relates in over 110 pages shipboard accounts, specific reference to individuals by name, accounts in Honolulu, Hawaii, & Maui, etc. She also spends a great deal of time enjoying and observing Hawaiian culture and ceremony. She observes the King, an amazing Church service with a visiting Cleveland preacher who conducts the service in 'American'. Mrs. Fox paints an amazing picture of early Hawaii and its people. VG.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS HISTORY OF, SAM FOX, AMERICANA, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, DIARY, JOURNAL, LOG, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, DIARIES, JOURNALS, LOGS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, AMERICANA, CORRESPONDENCE, antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, documento, manuscrito, Papel, TRAVEL, HAWAII, HONALULU, MAUI, SANDWICH ISLANDS, SAN DIEGO, STEAMERS, STEAMSHIPS,; Signed by Autograph Show more