Description from Under Hawaiian Skies: "Albert Pierce Taylor is a Western man, whose home is now in Hawaii, where for twenty years he has been connected with the editorial force of "The Honolulu Advertiser," of Honolulu. He has made a study of and is a recognized literary authority today on things pertaining to Pearl Harbor and the defenses of Hawaii, and Hawaiian history. During the 1896 campaign of the National Silver Committee at Washington, Mr. Taylor was assistant secretary of that organization. Later in 1896 he joined the Cuban revolutionists and was arrested by the Spanish, imprisoned at Havana by Gen. Weyler and deported. In 1899, as a newspaperman he was aboard the U. S. army transport Siam, that was almost engulfed in a typhoon off Luzon, losing 371 out of 373 horses and mules. Mr. Taylor's graphic description of the disaster went around the world. For two years Mr. Taylor occupied the position of chief of detectives in Honolulu. In every way he is qualified to tell the story of Hawaii as it should be told.