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The tale of ILSA ROHE is told from the perspective of two young women, one age twenty-seven and the other age thirteen. It is a story of love and of tragedy. The book is based on a true event in Ohio's history. Its drama unfolds as it describes how a murderous passion brought unwanted notoriety to a peaceful farming township.

Before the days of the little, higgledy-piggledy Honolulu Town, there was a small Hawaiian settlement at the edge of a natural harbor, ideal for launching canoes for fishing and for cultivating fields adjacent to the Nuuanu Stream. This was Kou, named for the sheltering, orange-blossomed trees. As the settlement grew and visitors came and went, many stayed, and it became known as Honolulu, meaning "protected harbor." Successive waves of immigrants came to this port town, bringing with them new religions, architecture, education, foods, and social mores. The small confines of this town...

Walk down Mamane Street, the heart of Honokaa Town, and step back into the late 19th and early 20th century. Honokaas single-wall, wooden plantation-era buildings are as much a symbol of Hawaii to local people as Diamond Head is to tourists. The commercial buildings have their emblematic false fronts and totan (corrugated iron) cladding. They contained, and still contain, mom-and-pop businesses that were founded upon personal relationships, required the labor of whole families, and provided for the education of the next generation. The small size of the town encouraged cross-pollination of...