Table of Contents
Introduction: Mark Twain and I 9
Twain before Twain 13
Journey to Paradise 29
O'ahu 35
Honolulu 1866 36
O'ahu Explorations 63
People Who Live in Grass Houses 93
Royalty and Etiquette 113
Maui 127
A Vacation within a Vacation 128
Yosemite of the Pacific 149
Back on O'ahu 163
The King's Government 164
The Big Island 179
A Rough Journey 180
Mt. Everest Is Not the World's Tallest Mountain 185
Exploring Kona 196
Burning Down the House 207
Captain Cook Was Here 215
Sentimental Meditation 231
Moving On 238
Escaping Death … or Not 251
The Journey Continues 271
Magma on My Mind 282
Variegated Vagabondizing 302
Returning to O'ahu 313
Casualties and Survivors 314
A Social Butterfly 326
Leaving Hawai'i 331
Sailing toward the Golden Gate 332
Back in San Francisco 334
Skyrocketing to Stardom 336
Our Fellow Savages 348
The Cannibal at Home and Abroad 372
Twain's Long-Lost Hawai'i Novel 398
The Return of Mark Twain 411
Twain Returns to Hawai'i 412
Life Goes On 431
Notes 439
About the Author 469