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| Item Call Number |
DS 686.4 S27 1981 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17892 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 0806207256 (hardbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - DS 686.4
- Item number - S27 1981
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Sarmiento, Marcel P.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - General Joan of Arc /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Marcel P. Sarmiento
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York, N.Y. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Carlton Press, Inc.,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1981.
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| Physical Description |
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - With bibliography
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - "A Merry Christmas" -- Silent nights -- Escape to Corregidor -- Dash to Leyte -- The guerrilla movement is born -- A G-2 recruit -- Leyte guerrillera -- Escape from the grave -- Ambush -- Growing fame and reputation -- The guerrilla movement grows -- Maria Lorna takes over -- Mindanao makes contact -- Another feather in the cap -- All alone -- Mission to Davao -- Recalled -- Recognition from MacArthur -- A new beginning -- Bibliography
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "This true story of a Philippine heroine in World War II who waged a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese occupation will keep your attention riveted from the first page to the last.
Maria Lorna, the General Joan of Arc of the title, played a significant and dramatic part in a three-year struggle on the east-central Philippine province of Leyte and the southern island of Mindanao, two lesser-known areas of resistance. Her physical courage and heroism in time of war were to be cited by the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the Pacific, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.
Maria's transformation from child of wealthy, conservative parents with a sheltered upbringing to jungle guerrilla leader is detailed in this fascinating work, and it is in every sense a remarkable tale. The moment she begins her escape from Manila with her American husband, heading for Corregidor, then Leyte, in an open-deck sailboat, Maria is forced to call upon totally unanticipated inner reserves of strength. She develops day by day, until more and more responsibility falls into her hands, as an intelligence agent, as a nurse healing the sick, wounded and dying, and as a guerrilla organizer and fighter.
Captured, interrogated, and tortured by the Japanese enemy, Maria literally escapes from the grave, even more determined to carry on her work, and becomes involved in still greater exploits on Mindanao.
Set against the background of the struggles of Filipino and American resistance fighters, this work pays a debt long overdue to courage and tenacity. General Joan of Arc is a thrilling piece of history and a moving account of personal achievement."
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Peterson, Maria Lorna de la Cruz
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Underground movements
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Guerrillas
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- General subdivision - History.
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