| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
PS 3565 .L832 G84 1994 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
13780 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 964443201 (softbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Olson, John E.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The Guerrilla and the hostage
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - [John E. Olson]
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - San Antonio, TX :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Burke Pub. Co.,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1994.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - [iv], 246 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 23 x 16 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Carrier Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - War novel about two American brothers in the Philippines: one an officer in the Philippine Scouts, awaiting his return to the US at the end of tour of duty, the other, younger, a fresh pilot in the US Army Air Corps who arrives on the last transport to reach the Philippines before the war.
The novel follows the experiences of these two in the defense of the Philippines: the Philippine Scout officer following orders and fighting in Bataan, only to surrender, go on the death march and suffer three years as a prisoner of war. The younger brother escapes and becomes a guerrilla officer. Both are reunited at the end of the war.
The author, after whom the Philippine Scout officer is based on, was an officer in the 57th Infantry Regiment (Philippine Scouts) and experienced most of what he writes about, thereby giving authenticity to the novel. - 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 - Prisoners of war
- Form subdivision - Fiction.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
- Form subdivision - Fiction.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- Form subdivision - Fiction.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - Death March
- Uncontrolled term - fiction
- Uncontrolled term - guerrilla resistance
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine defense campaign
- Uncontrolled term - Philippine Scouts
- Uncontrolled term - POW account
- Uncontrolled term - US Army Air Corps
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