Jonathan Arnold reviewed Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
Unfamiliar Fishes is a nonfiction book by This American Life contributor Sarah Vowell, first published …
Review of 'Unfamiliar Fishes' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Pretty solid history of 19th century Hawaii, describing the arrival of New England missionaries to "save" the "savages". Too much crazy time religion for me, but at least Ms. Vowell is very sympathetic to that viewpoint.