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Booking Hawaii Five-O: An Episode Guide andCritical History by Karen Rhodes

Featuring:

A brief history of Hawaii Five-O
How it was created
How it made its way to the small screen and stayed there for 12 years
Where it fits in the police/detective genre
How it reflected American society in the period 1968-1980

Episode Guide

Reviews of each episode
Complete cast listings and production credits
Trivia, continuity errors, and in-jokes
Behind the scenes:
- "Mellow Yellow"
- How the star almost lost his job
- How politics affected Five-O (or tried to)
- Production costs
- Anecdotes
Analysis of the elements that made Hawaii Five-O so popular
A glossary of some of the Hawaiian words and phrases heard on the series

With a forward by Rose Freeman, widow of Leonard Freeman, creator of Hawaii Five-O.

Here is what Mrs. Freeman has to say about Booking Hawaii Five-O:

"Mahalo and aloha to Karen Rhodes for her passion and dedication in completing a history of Hawaii Five-O. I am now her biggest fan. A history that has been approached with love and unbelievable dedication. If it wasn't there, she didn't write it. She got it right and I am grateful to her for sifting out the truth."

Illustrations, appendices, comprehensive index. Total pages 333. Now in paperback.

Price: $35.00.

ISBN: 0-7864-0171-0

Order online from the publisher, McFarland, or from amazon.com .

CAVEAT EMPTOR!

(Let the buyer beware) It has come to my attention that exorbitant prices are being asked for copies of the hardback version of Booking Hawaii Five-0, sometimes ranging into the hundreds of dollars! Don't pay such ridiculous prices. It's not necessary for you to shell out big bucks many cannot really afford to have a copy. The paperback is a trade paperback, hardy enough to stand up to a fan's use, printed on good quality paper.

See a sample of contents! Thanks to Mark Musante, who set this up on his website (with permission from the publisher and from me).

OOPS!

There are some errors . . . small ones . . . and here are the "fixes" for them:

On page 206, the listing for "The Friends of Joey Kalima" (episode #218) shows an original air date of 10/20/77. This is incorrect; the original air date for this episode was 10/13/77. (The embarrassing thing is, it's correct in my notes!)
On page 217, the episode title for #234 is given as "Invitation to a Murder. " It should be "Invitation to Murder." (Take out the article "a. ")
Barry Bostwick and Victoria Principal got left out of the index! Find them on page 235, in the episode "Year of the Horse."

Send e-mail to Karen Rhodes: waxtadpole@comcast.net. NOTE: This is not an active "mailto" link. You must cut and paste the address into your e-mail program. Sorry for the small inconvenience, but I'm trying to avoid the "spambots!" Ask me questions, I'll do my best to answer. Might even post them here (with the questioner's permission, of course).

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