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Historian Dr. Sandra Bonura is a retired professor who is busy on her 2nd career resurrecting the forgotten stories of overlooked historical figures. She is a frequent storyteller and lecturer on the importance of using a multitude of primary sources to gain perspective on historical events.

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The Sugar King of California: The life of Claus Spreckels, 2024 University of Nebraska Press, Prairie to Prosperity: San Diego's Pioneer Builder: Henry G. Fenton 2024;Empire Builder: John D. Spreckels and the Making of San Diego, 2020 by University of Nebraska Press Light in The Queen's Garden: Ida May Pope, Pioneer for Hawai'i's Daughters 2017 by the University of Hawaiʻi Press, "Queen Lili'uokalani's Beloved Kawaiaha'o Seminary", 2017 The Hawaiian Journal of History (volume 51), "Lydia K. Aholo—Her Story, Recovering the Lost Voice" 2013 issue of The Hawaiian Journal of History (volume 47) and An American Girl in the Hawaiian Islands: The Letters of Carrie Prudence Winter (1890-1893), 2012 by the University of Hawaiʻi Press.

 

Thank you to the late Jeffrey Apaka for arranging the priveledged descent into the Royal Mausoleum for me and my son Kyle.  We will never forget being in the prescence of so many royal souls all gathered together in one place. Hallowed ground. Goose bumps and chicken skin merged!