![]() Some of the other characters, i.e., Abner Hale, John Whipple, Queen Malama, and Keoki Kanakoa, although fictional themselves, were modeled after people and events that really did figure in Hawaii's history. "The only character mentioned in Hawaii that truly existed was King Kamehameha. I found this at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) website: I saw a bit of the movie before our cruise and had some of the same questions as OP about accuracy. I really want to read Michener's "Hawaii" but at the moment its length (over 900 pages) is preventing me - I've just started a 500-page review copy of a book to be published later this month that I need to get a review written of first! ![]()
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