This Is Our Hawaiʻi - Episode 2: How to buy a Hawaiian island for $1

Before James Dole transformed Lānaʻi into one of the world's largest pineapple plantations, another man set his sights on the island. In 1909, businessman William Irwin bought nearly the entire island of Lānaʻi for $1. But who put it up for sale in the first place?

This is the second episode of This is Our Hawaiʻi, a new limited-series podcast from Hawaiʻi Public Radio.

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