| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 811 .H5 H355 2018 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
18383 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9789715068277
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 811 .H5
- Item number - H355 2018
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Hecht, Irene
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Under Manila sky :
- Remainder of title - a memoir on the art of survival /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Irene Hecht
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Manila :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - University of Santo Tomas Pub.,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2018
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 75 pages :
- Other physical details - illustrations
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| Media Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "In this memoir, Irene Hecht recounts how she faced a drastic change from living comfortably as a young expatriate in American-ruled Manila to a daily battle for survival as a nine-year-old internee on the campus of the University of Santo Tomas (UST).
When she saw how Manila was plunged headfirst into World War II, she knew--even at such a young age--that she had to wage a war of her own: a war against hopelessness and surrender.
Through a girl's eyes, Hecht chronicles the changes in adult behaviors after she and the city's allied civilians were interned at UST. Her narratives provide an insight into how a child reacts to a situation filled with contradictions between greater liberty and imprisonment accompanied by the ultimate challenge of survival."
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Hecht, Irene
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Geographic subdivision - Manila (Philippines)
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, American
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines)
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