BOOKS
Forever the sparrow

Publisher: Philippine Art Gallery],


Title Details
  • Forever the sparrow
Publishers
  • [Manila : Philippine Art Gallery],c1960.
Descriptions
  • 136 p.20 x 13 cm.
Isbn
    (hardbound)
Language
    English
Subjects
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Poetry.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Location RHC
Item Call Number PR 6045 .A29 F6 1961
Status Available
Barcode 13787
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - (hardbound)
Language Code
  • Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - PR 6045 .A29 F6 1961
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Walker, Janet
Title Statement
  • Title - Forever the sparrow
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Janet Walker ; with an introduction by Nick Joaquin
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [Manila :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Philippine Art Gallery],
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1960.
Physical Description
  • Extent - 136 p.
  • Dimensions - 20 x 13 cm.
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
General Note
  • General note - Autographed copy
  • General note - Prose vignettes and informal verse from the time of her girlhood in California to her years in Hawaii, to those in the Philippines...including her internment in the Santo Tomás POW camp. - Roderick Hall
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - Ms. Walker was an American resident and writer in Manila before, during and after the war. She was born in California and also spent some years in Hawaii. She assembles several short articles and verses on various topics and experiences in California, Hawaii and the Philippines. In this compilation, she includes extracts from her diary, which cover the first days of the war (and cooking), vignettes from her internment in Santo Tomas and on life immediately after the war. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
Language Note
  • Language note - English
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Poetry.
Personal Name
  • Personal name - Joaquin, Nick,
  • Dates associated with a name - 1917-