{"id":1072,"date":"2014-12-06T09:17:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T16:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2019-01-04T08:42:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T15:42:13","slug":"mai-kai-histor-mystery-and-adventure-the-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2014\/12\/06\/mai-kai-histor-mystery-and-adventure-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Mai-Kai: History, Mystery and Adventure – The Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sample<\/a> I have been researching the Mai-Kai <\/a>in one form or another for over 12 years. I have been seriously looking into its history and people for a long time to document the past. I had thought I would do a book that was just pretty pictures. Once I began to talk to the people around this landmark, I found their stories amazingly compelling. Now the book will also have a wonderful story too.<\/p>\n

I have worked on this book project in my spare time for years now. I have spent vacations in back rooms scanning images with my wife, and visiting old timers to hear their tales. I have tracked people down and interviewed people from Florida to California to Tahiti. I have a newfound respect for those who create books. It is a lot<\/em> of work and time.<\/p>\n

I hope to get the book ready in 2015 and get it published. Please support my efforts by simply liking the Facebook page <\/a>first, and if you happen to have something you think will help the book, please email me and share it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 I have been researching the Mai-Kai in one form or another for over 12 years. I have been seriously looking into its history and people for a long time to Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[542,550,551,5,643,547,11,539,540,541],"tags":[694,234,702],"class_list":["post-1072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tiki-collecting","category-architecture-retro-goodies-2","category-ephemera-retro-goodies-2","category-events","category-mai-kai-history","category-places","category-polynesian-pop","category-retro-goodies","category-retro-preservation","category-vintage-places","tag-book","tag-mai-kai","tag-og-tiki-central"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Sample-Cover.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-hi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1106,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2016\/02\/06\/mai-kai-book-available-for-pre-order\/","url_meta":{"origin":1072,"position":0},"title":"Mai-Kai Book Available for Pre-Order","author":"Swanky","date":"February 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"My Mai-Kai history book just appeared on the Barnes and Noble website for pre-order. 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