by Gavan Daws

"An absolutely fascinating book." —Washington Post

"Beautifully written, deeply perceptive." —Los Angeles Times

"Superb. The best account ever published of Father Damien and his long testing at Kalawao." —Honolulu Advertiser

"History with a very special human face ... examines the evidence sensitively and evocatively." —Journal of Pacific History

"May be the best biography of Damien yet written. Carefully researched and reported, the author’s fascination with the man and the disease is transmitted to the reader." —Library Journal

In Holy Man, Daws explores both the religious and secular sides of Father Damien of Moloka‘i, who in his sixteen years in Kalaupapa, made the obscure institution world-famous. Damien is portrayed as an earthy man with his own share of human failings, fighting to realize in his own daily existence a compelling vision of good—a complex man who, by his example, forced others to consider the moral quality of their own lives.

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Tags: Damien, Gavan Daws, Kalaupapa, Molokai, UH Press

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