Selections lead isle readers on trips through the past, brightly

By Burl Burlingame
Special to the Star-Advertiser

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 20, 2012

~~"Images of America: Honolulu Town," by Laura Ruby and Ross W. Stephenson (Arcadia, $21.99)
This is another of Arcadia's generic picture books, and they range from terrible to terrific. This one is at the high end of the scale, thanks largely to the image choice and excellent captioning by Ruby and Stephenson. Largely devoted to architecture, "Honolulu Town" checks out old Honolulu in the prewar days. The format of the book, however, makes the images rather small.
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"Images of America: Honolulu Town," by Laura Ruby and Ross W. Stephenson (Arcadia, $21.99)

This is another of Arcadia's generic picture books, and they range from terrible to terrific. This one is at the high end of the scale, thanks largely to the image choice and excellent captioning by Ruby and Stephenson. Largely devoted to architecture, "Honolulu Town" checks out old Honolulu in the prewar days. The format of the book, however, makes the images rather small. Login for more...