In Fiction
The domination of Hawaii by the Big Five forms much of the background for the book The Revolt of Mamie Stover, describing the life of a prostitute in Hawaii in the 1940s.
James Michener's fictionalized account of Hawaiian history, Hawaii included references to the Big Five, which he called "the Fort".
Read more about this topic: Big Five (Hawaii)
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“A predilection for genre fiction is symptomatic of a kind of arrested development.”
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