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Fall forward, my son / by Donald Ingle
Part fiction, part memoir of the author’s experiences as a prisoner of war captured on Bataan. He graphically describes the Death March and POW life in Camp O’Donnell, Cabanatuan, hell ship to Japan (Nissyo Maru) and forced labor there until…
And yet the Twain / by E. Helge Christian
Novel set in the Philippines during World War II and the Japanese occupation, with the main character being a Swedish (based on the author?) lumber mill superintendent in Negros who has close relations with Filipinos.
The main character falls in…
The main character falls in…
Not my will : a Christian martyr in the Philippines / Mary Webb
Historical novel based on fact, reconstructing the life of the author’s mother, Mary Boyd Stagg, an American missionary in Manila.
Mrs. Stagg was one of the leaders of the Methodist church in the Philippines; she and her husband, Samuel W. Stagg…
Mrs. Stagg was one of the leaders of the Methodist church in the Philippines; she and her husband, Samuel W. Stagg…
Baggy pants and other stories / by William Edward Brougher
Brougher was a US Army Brigadier General who commanded the Philippine Army’s 11th Division in the defense of Luzon and Bataan in 1941-1942. He was also an able writer.
This book assembles some of his anecdotes and short stories regarding his…
This book assembles some of his anecdotes and short stories regarding his…
Code name : kaibigan / Dorothy Fleming
Novel about an American officer sent to the Japanese-occupied Philippines by submarine to contact Filipino guerrillas and conduct resistance against the Japanese. The guerrilla outfit the American officer is supposed to link up with is called…
Share of honor / by Ralph Graves
A novel based on real events and persons in Luzon during the Japanese occupation. The key characters are American: a businessman with long experience in the Philippines; a teacher, a young woman, a military officer. (The businessman’s mistress is…
Fires of survival : a novel / by Doreen Gandy Wiley ; introd. by Jean M. Auel
A novel of life under the Japanese occupation in Manila and Central Luzon, reflecting the author’s own experiences growing up in Manila at that time.
Local color is quite accurate, with Tagalog and Spanish words interspersed in the dialogue. The…
Local color is quite accurate, with Tagalog and Spanish words interspersed in the dialogue. The…
The guerrilla and the hostage / [John E. Olson]
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War novel about two American brothers in the Philippines: one an officer in the Philippine Scouts, awaiting his return to the US at the end of tour of duty, the other, younger, a fresh pilot in the US Army Air Corps who arrives on the last transport…
The rush of the river / Lilia Hernandez Chung.
A novel depicting life in the Philippines before, during and right after World War II, following the experiences of members of the fictitious Graciela family, a land-owning family in the Central Philippines.
She recreates day-to-day living and…
She recreates day-to-day living and…
When the elephants dance : a novel / Tess Uriza Holthe
A fictionalized account of one Filipino family’s experiences during the Japanese occupation, echoing Philippine traditions and history.
The author, a Filipino-American, heard her father’s stories about the war and was inspired to write about the…
The author, a Filipino-American, heard her father’s stories about the war and was inspired to write about the…