Glory by the Wayside
2009 Ka Palapala Po’okela Award Winner
FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTRIGUED
BY ROADS LESS TRAVELED…
Glory by the Wayside will take you on a tour of old Hawaii – away from the resorts and crowded
beaches to glorious settings of incomparable beauty.
From the Victorian architecture of St. Benedict’s, with its hand-painted interior, to the Moloka‘i
churches of Father Damien, this is a picture book about the old hand-made churches that dot the
Hawaiian Islands – with an introduction to their history and architecture.
Each of the 37 churches has a story to tell – often a story of the first immigrants to Hawaii – the
Germans, the Portuguese, the Chinese, the Japanese and the Filipinos.
Included is information on the oldest church in Hawaii, the churches where royalty worshiped, and
the site of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s grave.
With representation from the Big Island, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Moloka‘i and Oahu.
And including all churches listed no the National Register of Historic Places.
Glory by the Wayside will serve as a guide for your own exploration.
Glory by the Wayside is an 88-page hardcover “coffee-table” book filled with color photographs,
historical illustrations from the archives of the Bishop Museum, a bibliography, and a guide by
island to the old churches of Hawaii.
-TO ORDER-
Glory by the Wayside is available online as well as through many independent bookstores throughout
Hawaii.
Here are links to online sites that carry the book:
- R E V I E W S -
“This is a lovely, lovely book. Lovingly researched, lucidly and stylishly written, delightfully and
artistically presented. It breathes Hawaii.”
-- Kathleen Casey, Travel Editor, The Star-Ledger, Newark
“Sweeping beaches, imposing mountains and sterling skies – what better setting to find, or at least
search for, the Divine? Glory by the Wayside isn’t just a beautiful book, it’s a useful guide for
exploring the old handmade churches that dot the Hawaiian Islands.”
--Howard Shapiro, Travel Editor, Philadelphia Inquirer
“This book is beautifully photographed and designed. The research is impressive and for the first
time sets down the record of this important part of Hawaiian life. Glory by the Wayside is a
treasure.”
--Rita Ariyoshi, Author, Maui on My Mind
Wonderful, heart-warming views of a spiritual Hawaii that many travelers miss. Not only a grand view
of Hawaii’s churches, but also a great guide for your next trip around the islands.
--David G. Molyneaux, Editor, TravelMavens.net
President, Society of American Travel Writers Foundation
“A beautiful new book presents Hawaii’s old churches …. Just paging through Glory by the Wayside
builds a daydream… [it’s] so easy to imagine yourself in the shade of an old steeple listening for
God in the whispering wind. … a beautiful book that displays the treasures of early Christianity in
Hawaii…. More than a coffee table decoration, it’s small enough to pack along as a guidebook on a
neighbor-island trip.
--Mary Adamski, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
-ABOUT THE AUTHORS-
William and Susan Ecenbarger have traveled the world writing and photographing stories for magazines and newspapers throughout the U.S., Canada and Australia. Their travels have taken them to fifty countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America, and to many of the world’s major sites – the Great Wall, the Accropolis, the Taj Mahal, the Alhambra, Machu Picchu, Borobudur Temple, and Pompeii, to name a few.
William Ecenbarger is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and winner of the Society of American Travel Writer’s Lowell Thomas Travel Writer of the Year Award. His first book, Walkin’ the Line: A Journey from Past to Present along the Mason-Dixon, is a history/travelogue about the famous line that to this day symbolically divides north from south.
