Cabanatuan : murder under the sun / by W.B. Dahk Knox
Title
Cabanatuan : murder under the sun / by W.B. Dahk Knox
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration Camps--Philippines--Cabanatuan.
World War, 1939-1945--Philippines--Literature and the war.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Description
A novel based partly on real events and characters, depicting the life of American prisoners of war in Camp O’Donnell and Cabanatuan. A parallel theme follows unsurrendered Americans with the guerrillas just outside the camp, including their relations with the Huks.
The author, a retired US Navy officer who was based in Japan and the Philippines, provides local color and conversations in Nippongo and Filipino, although these could have benefitted from some editing as there are several misspellings.
The novel attempts to bring out the inhumanity of the Japanese captors, while showing the degradation of Americans to the extent that some became less than human. Despite the horrors of imprisonment, faith and the will to survive triumph.
The author, a retired US Navy officer who was based in Japan and the Philippines, provides local color and conversations in Nippongo and Filipino, although these could have benefitted from some editing as there are several misspellings.
The novel attempts to bring out the inhumanity of the Japanese captors, while showing the degradation of Americans to the extent that some became less than human. Despite the horrors of imprisonment, faith and the will to survive triumph.
Creator
Knox, Dahk.
Publisher
Chula Vista, CA : Abenteuer Books, c1997
Date
1997
Format
22 x 14 cm.
Type
Softbound
Identifier
1881116786
Call Number
PS 374 .W66 K66 1997
Accession Number
14454
Pagination
xx, 411 p.
Illustration
maps
Files
Collection
Citation
Knox, Dahk., “Cabanatuan : murder under the sun / by W.B. Dahk Knox,” FHL-Roderick Hall, accessed October 12, 2026, https://fhl.omeka.net/items/show/349.