ALOHA OE by JACK LONDON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

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🗓️ 22 April 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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0:00.0	And the Oh, In this story by Jack London, set on a wharf at Honolulu,
0:34.8	circa 1890, a farewell celebration is taking place for an American senator and his
0:40.2	entourage, which includes his daughter daughter Dorothy.
0:44.4	It's an emotional parting for her
0:46.3	as she has just experienced a brief affair
0:49.0	with a young mixed-race Hawaiian man
0:51.7	and the realities of race and social class at that time
0:54.9	were preventing her from pursuing the relationship any further. This classic
1:00.1	short story stands as a reminder to Jack London's ability to accurately capture glimpses of all types of human situations, from survival in the wild to a young girls encounter with life's harsh realities.
1:13.0	Aloha Oi, known as Farewell to Thee, is Lily Uw Kallani's most famous song and a common cultural symbol for Hawaii.
1:22.0	The story of the origin of the song has several
1:24.4	variations. They all have in common that the song was inspired by a notable
1:29.2	farewell embrace given by Colonel James Harbottottal Boyd during a horseback trip taken by
1:35.5	Princess Lily Yolkalani in 1877 or 1878 to the Boyd Ranch in Monoweli on the windward side of Oahu and that the members of the party hummed the tune on the way back to Honolulu.
1:49.0	Different versions tell of alternate recipients of the embrace, either Lily Yokoani's sister, Princess
1:55.3	like, like, Cleghorn, or a young lady at the ranch, according to the most familiar
2:00.0	version of the story.
2:01.7	I would like to add a personal note to this episode
2:04.3	from the perspective of a father whose daughter was once 15 and through whose eyes I
2:09.8	was able to see a whole new world beyond my limited male perspective, a world of beauty and dreams, and yes, romance.
2:19.0	This episode is dedicated to her with gratitude for her always making me part of her life.
2:27.0	Never are there such departures as from the dock at Honolulu.
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