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Our Hawaiian Cookbook Memoir ...

won First Prize in an International Competition. The judges explained that they had never seen such "fine writing in a cookbook." It is a real cookbook, not a recipe book; that is, it teaches you how to prepare the recipes. And there are 250 of them representing all six of the ethnic tables of Hawai’i (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, European and, Hawaiian). No need to have a separate cookbook for each cuisine.

Our Authors ...

have grown up in the Islands or have lived the major portions of their lives here. They bring to their writings, whether about boats and sailing, Hawaiin Regional Cuisine, or hula wahine and Hawaiian culture, a depth that allows the reader to be confident of the authenticity of their material.

In addition to ...

the authors Diamond Hawai’i publishes, we also feature other Hawaiian authors and playwrights whom you may now wish to experience. Wayne Moniz is an award winning writer who works out of Maui and appeals to many who may remember the islands of an earlier day when great white ships brought movie stars and other interesting personalities to our sandy shores. (Click for more ...)

And also ...

there is William Wayne Dicksion, a story teller whose style allows the drawl and inflection of the old time teller of tales to emerge in the text. And Bill has been at his art a long time. (Click for more ...)

William Wayne Dicksion

William Wayne DicksionWilliam Wayne Dicksion was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma.  His ancestors migrated to the American frontier in the eighteenth century. He grew up steeped in the lore of his grandparents' adventures and hardships.

Writing is his way of sharing some of the stories he remembers and enjoys.  He has traveled extensively and is educated in science and literature. His other interests are geography, history, philosophy, and anthropology. His writing reflects those interests.

He and his wife, Millie, live in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

You can find a list of his books for sale online at Amazon.com .

 




Puma Son of Mountain Lion PDF Print E-mail
William Wayne Dicksion
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Friday, 03 October 2008

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Puma Son of Mountain Lion is a half-Indian boy who is away from his village undergoing the rites of manhood. When he returns, he finds his village destroyed by a warring tribe and his family slain. His mother dies in his arms and her last words are: "Go find your father."

Puma finds his father in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His father welcomes him with open arms and trains him in the white man's ways. Puma accompanies his family to visit his grandparents in Virginia and Georgia. He attends West Point and becomes a cavalry officer and placed in command of a troop charged with protecting a wagon train traveling from Independence to Santa Fe. In Santa Fe, he is directed to prevent white outlaw bands from taking the land that belongs to the early settlers and must also fight off renegade Apaches.

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A Button In The Fabric Of Time PDF Print E-mail
William Wayne Dicksion
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Thursday, 02 October 2008

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After thousands of years of atomic warfare, the Antons on planet Ergo had mutated so badly that they were no longer recognizable as human. They escape to planet Duos in Galaxy 3 and establish a new civilization. However, they want to restore their bodies, so they search the universe and find what they are looking for on planet Earth.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 14 October 2008 )
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Sagebrush PDF Print E-mail
William Wayne Dicksion
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Thursday, 02 October 2008

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Still half asleep, Michael looked up at his parents sitting on the buckboard of their covered wagon and saw an arrow penetrate his father's chest. Then he saw his mother being dragged from the wagon by two Indians. She was fighting them with all her might. He watched as one of the Indians hit her with his stone ax. His mother fell from the wagon and disappeared from his sight and from his life forever. Now he was alone.

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A Brief Moment In Time: Short Stories PDF Print E-mail
William Wayne Dicksion
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Wednesday, 01 October 2008

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A Brief Moment in Time is a collection of stories about events in the life of a child growing up in dustbowl Oklahoma during the Great Depression of the nineteen-thirties. These stories are told in sequence beginning when the child is only five years old to the last event which occurs after that child has grown to an adult and is just entering manhood during World War II.

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A Man Called Ty PDF Print E-mail
William Wayne Dicksion
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Wednesday, 01 October 2008

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The Civil War has devastated the South. Confederate money is worthless so Union Carpetbaggers are taking over the southerners’ land. Young Tyree Terel goes in search of his father, who has not returned from the war. When Ty returns, he finds that carpetbaggers have stolen his home and killed his mother and sister. Ty is no gunfighter, but he is a brave young man who is fast with a gun when necessary. A showdown occurs. Men die. Ty is labeled an outlaw and flees into the wild, untamed West. He doesn’t know it yet, but a Union major named Pothman is charged with bringing Ty in and is determined to see him hang.

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Beyond The Valley Of Mist PDF Print E-mail
William Wayne Dicksion
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Wednesday, 01 October 2008

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A Stone Age people lived in caves beside a river that flows into a mysterious Valley of Mist. They worshipped fire. Priests ruled, and they sacrificed anyone who defied them to the Fire God.

When girls reach womanhood, they are required to go to the temple and submit to the priests nightly until they conceive. The priests tell them that they are being impregnated by God and, if they fail to conceive, they will be thrown into the pit of Fire.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 14 October 2008 )
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