| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
CT 1798 S6 S66 2007 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17995 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9781450007153
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - CT 1798 S6
- Item number - S66 2007
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Somera, Veronico
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Brown American :
- Remainder of title - Philippine life, World War II and survival in a white man's world /
- Statement of responsibility, etc - Veronico "Ron" Somera
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc - USA :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc - Xlibris,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc - c2007.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - ix, 196 pages :
- Other physical details - illustration ;
- Dimensions - 22cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - Includes bibliography.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Journey of a lifetime -- My Hometown -- Family Tree -- War comes to the Philippines -- Liberation Days -- Growing Up -- Education -- Working and Falling in Love -- A Foreign Student in America -- Hire Me -- Chicago--My Kind of Town -- Romantic Interludes -- Love, Courtship and Marriage -- California Dreamin' -- Odd Jobs for Survival -- Entrepreneurship -- New Profession and Parenting -- Final Employment -- Retirement
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc - "In this book, I have attempted to show glimpses of my life in the Philippines, growing up before, during and after World War II. Naturally, I was also compelled to share the eye-opening journey I experienced going through a maze of cultures in America, striving to fit in. Well, the struggles, the failures and the triumphs in my pursuit of the American Dream may not be unique in any means. I think that I am on target when I say that immigrants from Asian shores go through the same cultural shocks, difficulties, rejections and acceptance I have experienced. It is said the road to heaven is full of potholes. To get there, one must suffer the bumpy ride. Likewise, to achieve the American Dream, one must suffer. I have survived the sufferings. Discovered many things too."
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Somera, Veronico
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Filipino Americans
- General subdivision - Biography
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, Filipino
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