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Mackinnon Simpson

Born

Pottersville, New Jersey, The United States

Died

March 03, 2021

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MacKinnon Simpson was raised on a family farm in Pottersville, in rural northern New Jersey.

He was a father of two and tutu kane to a pair of rambunctious grandkids. He settled in Honolulu, where his occupations ran the gamut from motorcycle sales to cable TV executive.

Simpson self-identified as a writer since the third grade. Ultimately, he returned to writing and wrote his first book, WhaleSong, in 1986. WhaleSong was the first real book written and designed on an Apple Macintosh computer, and was called by the head of Time-Life Books “the book which changed the face of American publishing.”

He went on to write, design, and publish more than 25 large-format illustrated books. In addition to books on Hawaiʻi’s history, he wrote silliness fo ...more

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Mackinnon Simpson’s books

Average rating: 4.12 · 34 ratings · 5 reviews · 14 distinct works

	USS Arizona: Warship, Tomb, Monument 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Streetcar Days in Honolulu: Breezing Through Paradise 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hawaii Homefront: Life in the Islands During World War II really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Century Of Aloha: The Creation of Modern Honolulu 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lymans of Hawai'i Island: A pioneering family it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whale Song: The Story of Hawai'i and the Whales by Mackinnon Simpson, Robert B. Goodman (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lymans of Hawai'i Island 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sailor Jerry Tattoo Flash 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whale Song the Story of Hawaii & the Whales by Mackinnon Simpson, Mackinnon Simpson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gary Reed, Paintings of Hawai'i by Simpson, MacKinnon (1999) Hardcover 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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