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“Unfamiliar Fishes” #5 in hardcover nonfiction; this blog in NYT

Well my mention of Sarah Vowell’s appearance on The Daily Show to promote her new book “Unfamiliar Fishes” about Hawaii apparently rated a mention in the New York Times Inside the List column…

Sarah Vowell hits No. 5 on the hardcover nonfiction list with “Unfamiliar Fishes,” her wry account of the annexation and Americanization of Hawaii.

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Vowell has gotten some friendly notice in the Hawaiian media, including a plug on the Hawaiian Kingdom Independence Blog, which argues that Hawaii is a sovereign nation under illegal occupation by the United States.

Hopefully get it out there a bit that this is an issue with current relevance, not just historical interest.

Here’s the review of Sarah’s book in the NYT Sunday Book Review.

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