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Armine von Tempski (or Tempsky) (1892, Maui, Hawaiian Islands – December 2, 1943, Fresno, California) was an American writer and one of Hawaii's best known authors. She was a granddaughter of Gustavus von Tempsky. Her first published writing, in the early 1920s, was about efforts to restore the island of Kahoolawe after years of drought and overgrazing.

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  • Armine von Tempski (or Tempsky) (1892, Maui, Hawaiian Islands – December 2, 1943, Fresno, California) was an American writer and one of Hawaii's best known authors. She was a granddaughter of Gustavus von Tempsky. Armine Von Tempski's autobiographies and novels were based on her early life among the paniolos (cowboys) on the Haleakala cattle ranch atop the Haleakalā shield volcano. The Haleakala Ranch, which Jack London first visited in 1907, was his favourite of the Hawaiian ranches he enjoyed on several extended visits with his wife Charmian. The young Armine, then sixteen years old, asked London to read some of her stories and give his opinion. He said that they were "clumsy, incoherent tripe" but added that "every so often there's a streak of fire on your pages," which encouraged her. Her first published writing, in the early 1920s, was about efforts to restore the island of Kahoolawe after years of drought and overgrazing. (en)
  • Armine von Tempski (eller Tempsky), född 1892 på Maui i Kungariket Hawaii, död 2 december 1943 i Fresno, Kalifornien ) var en amerikansk författare, och en av Hawaiis mest kända författare. Hon var barnbarn till . Armine von Tempskis självbiografier och romaner baserades på hennes unga år bland hawaiianska cowboys (paniolos) på ranchen Haleakala vid Haleakalā sköldvulkan. Hon träffade bland annat Jack London när han besökte ranchen 1907, och han läste några av hennes berättelser. Hennes första publicerade verk från början av 1920-talet handlade om ansträngningarna för att återställa ön Kahoolawe efter år av torka och överbetning. Gundla Johansson har översatte von Tempski till svenska. (sv)
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  • von Tempski, Armine (en)
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  • Armine von Tempski (en)
  • Listed as Armene von Tempski in the credits of the 1927 film Hula (en)
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  • Armine von Tempski (or Tempsky) (1892, Maui, Hawaiian Islands – December 2, 1943, Fresno, California) was an American writer and one of Hawaii's best known authors. She was a granddaughter of Gustavus von Tempsky. Her first published writing, in the early 1920s, was about efforts to restore the island of Kahoolawe after years of drought and overgrazing. (en)
  • Armine von Tempski (eller Tempsky), född 1892 på Maui i Kungariket Hawaii, död 2 december 1943 i Fresno, Kalifornien ) var en amerikansk författare, och en av Hawaiis mest kända författare. Hon var barnbarn till . Gundla Johansson har översatte von Tempski till svenska. (sv)
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