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Local Story
John P. Rosa
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Description for Local Story
Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; BTC; HBJ; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376.
The Massie-Kahahawai case of 1931–1932 shook the Territory of Hawai‘i to its very core. Thalia Massie, a young Navy wife, alleged that she had been kidnapped and raped by “some Hawaiian boys” in Waik?k?. A few days later, five young men stood accused of her rape. Mishandling of evidence and contradictory testimony led to?a mistrial, but before a second trial could be convened, one of the accused, Horace Ida, was kidnapped and beaten by a group of Navy men and a second, Joseph Kahahawai, lay dead from a gunshot wound. Thalia’s husband, Thomas Massie; her mother, Grace Fortescue; and two ... Read more
The Massie-Kahahawai case of 1931–1932 shook the Territory of Hawai‘i to its very core. Thalia Massie, a young Navy wife, alleged that she had been kidnapped and raped by “some Hawaiian boys” in Waik?k?. A few days later, five young men stood accused of her rape. Mishandling of evidence and contradictory testimony led to?a mistrial, but before a second trial could be convened, one of the accused, Horace Ida, was kidnapped and beaten by a group of Navy men and a second, Joseph Kahahawai, lay dead from a gunshot wound. Thalia’s husband, Thomas Massie; her mother, Grace Fortescue; and two ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824828257
SKU
V9780824828257
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About John P. Rosa
John P. Rosa is assistant professor of history at the University of Hawai‘i at M?noa.
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