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Hawaiian Cowboys: A Photographic Journal

Hawai'i is often pictured as a land of surf, sand, and palm trees. Yet, cattle ranching and the cowboy, or paniolohave been part of Hawaiian culture for over 175 years, and are seldom identified with the islands.

When you look up from the shoreline, you don't realize what's really up there. Besides the highways, cities and towns, hotels and residential neighborhoods, Hawai'i consists of more than a million acres of pasture lands. A lot of it was cleared or burned and some of it opened up by grazing cattle. This is where paniolo life begins, and continues to thrive.

The paniolo and his family are the focus of this book of photographs and essays by Michal McClure, a photojournalist who became intrigued by a way of life that has resisted becoming part of generic America. Instead, the paniolo has remained rooted in the traditions of family ties, hard work, camaraderie, and a history of past generations.

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