Hklea, Nainoa Thompson, and the Hawaiian Renaissance
This book is an important part of our 'olelo, our history, and it contains the mana of all those who helped create and sail Hokule'a.-- "Nainoa Thompson"
Sam Low served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific from 1964 to 1966 and earned a PhD in anthropology from Harvard in 1975. He produced the award-winning film, The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific, and is the author of many articles on the canoe, and her meaning to Polynesians. He has sailed aboard Hklea on three voyages, from 1999 to 2007.