Celebrating Halloween in Lahaina would revive even the most jaded cynic’s faith in human creativity. The annual event in Maui’s picturesque seaside town draws thousands of revelers to promenade along Front Street. Some stroll through the balmy autumn evening in costumes as homemade and traditional as witches or cavemen. Others wear outfits that would pass…
Category Archives: Island Life
Sugarcane Days Wins Preservation Award
I am happy to announce that Sugarcane Days: Remembering Maui’s Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company is winning an award from the Historic Hawai‘i Foundation. According to the foundation’s website, “The Preservation Honor Awards have been presented annually since 1975. The awards are Hawai‘i’s highest recognition of preservation, rehabilitation, restoration and interpretation of the state’s architectural,…
What Created Maui’s Famous “Crater”?
Welcome to the “crater” that is not really a crater. This giant valley atop Mount Haleakala has been called a “crater” since at least the first written mention of it in the early 1800s. In recent years, the National Park Service has emphasized the fact that the great depression at the summit is not a…
Where to Buy Sugarcane Days, The Story of Lahaina and Other Jill Engledow Books
Aloha, and thanks for your interest in my books! You can click on the cover images at right to go to an Amazon page for each book (including older ones) or, if you’re on Maui, visit one of the retail outlets below. Notice that not all stores carry all titles. Please support these local small businesses…
Sugarcane Days and The Story of Lahaina Are on Maui at Last!
My two new books are in! Sugarcane Days: Remembering Maui’s Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company and The Story of Lahaina have arrived and will be at several locations and the subject of several talks and book-signing events. Sugarcane Days will be available first at the Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum in Pu`unene, source of the…
