| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 B7 1947 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13713 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 805 .P6 B7 1947
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Brown, Charles
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Bars from bilibid prison
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Charles Brown
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - San Antonio, TX :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - The Naylor Co.,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1947.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xx, 129 p. :
- Dimensions - 22 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - A collection of poems written while a prisoner of war, this book captures the emotions and feelings of Americans who found themselves captives of the Japanese. "If you lock a man up, he will eventually write something," the author states. These verses were written during the siege of Bataan and inside Bilibid prison, among other places. They express thoughts on various topics reflecting boredom, anguish and unquenchable hope: some of the poems are on the Japanese, on pests (bedbugs and dandruff), experiences on Bataan, food, and other subjects. The author devotes a few pages of prose in between the poems to give the reader the background events the poems depicted; he however does not give details of his own experiences other than in the poems. He fought in Bataan as an officer in the Philippine Scouts, and surrendered there; he was sent to the infamous Tayabas detail where many American prisoners died. Major Brown's book is not about these, but on the poems he wrote. While not meant as real literary pieces - the poems were written to pass the time and serve as a way out of boredom - the verses have much value in understanding what was in the minds of the American prisoners of war, and many are humorous. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Bilibid Prison (Manila, Philippines).
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Imprisonment
- General subdivision - Poetry.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- General subdivision - Poetry.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Poetry.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan defense
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - poetry
- Uncontrolled term - POW (American) life
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