The historical records from which this story of the life and times of Kamehameha the Great has been reconstructed were taken from writings of the many foreign explorers, adventurers, and traders who came to the Islands following their discovery by Captain James Cook of the British Admiralty in the year 1778.

The great epic story of the Polynesians is ended, but its memory lives on in the hearts of the people, kept alive by chants and meles that have come down through the centuries. Wearing their traditions like the colorful feather cloaks thrown gracefully over erect shoulders, the older Hawaiians delight to refresh themselves in the wellsprings of their past among legends that never die and where myths walk hand-in-hand with reality. The past lingers on in Hawaii and is available to those who approach the rainbow-tinted gossamer mists of legends with aloha and an understanding heart.