For National Book Month, we highlight a recently published historical fiction novel about a real-life sailor named John Young who crewed aboard the American ship Eleanor and got left behind in Hawaiʻi in the late 1700s. Young was given the name Olohana by the Hawaiians and became an important military advisor to King Kamehameha I during the formation of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. Kevin William O’Leary, author of "Olohana: In the Service of the King," spoke with The Conversation about the challenges of writing fiction based on historical events.
The book is available on Amazon. This interview aired on The Conversation on Oct. 3, 2022. The Conversation airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on HPR-1.
