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Not the sword : a true story of the courageous people of the Philippines during the Japanese occupation in World War II

Publisher: Greenwich Book Pub.,


Title Details
  • Not the sword :
Publishers
  • New York : Greenwich Book Pub.,c1959.
Descriptions
  • 215 p.21 x 15 cm.
Isbn
    (hardbound)
Language
    English
Subjects
  • Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Place
  • Philippines
Location RHC
Item Call Number DS 686.4 .H43 1959
Status Available
Barcode 13805
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 - DS 686.4 .H43 1959
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Hernandez, Juan B.
Title Statement
  • Title - Not the sword :
  • Remainder of title - a true story of the courageous people of the Philippines during the Japanese occupation in World War II /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - as recounted by Juan B. Hernandez
Edition Statement
  • Edition statement - 1st ed.
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Greenwich Book Pub.,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1959.
Physical Description
  • Extent - 215 p.
  • Dimensions - 21 x 15 cm.
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - Personal account of the war and occupation in San Pablo, Laguna. Hernandez writes about his family's ordeals during the war: evacuating the town to escape the Japanese; returning when conditions stabilized, but maintaining links with the guerrillas. Details life in the town under the Japanese and also the guerrilla attacks on the Japanese as well as the liberation campaign in 1945 and the guerrillas role in it. One of the few detailed accounts of the Japanese occupation outside Manila. (This was reprinted in San Pablo City in 1982, with a few omissions in the main text, but with some added features, under the title "For Love of Freedom"). - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
Language Note
  • Language note - English
Subject Geographic Name
  • Geographic name - Philippines
  • General subdivision - History
  • Chronological subdivision - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.