BOOKS
Escape at dawn

Publisher: Tyndale House Pub.,


Title Details
  • Escape at dawn
Publishers
  • Wheaton, IL : Tyndale House Pub.,c1988.
Descriptions
  • 366 p. : ill.,21 x 14 cm.
Isbn
    842307052 (softbound)
Language
    English
Subjects
  • Los Baños Internment Camp.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Location RHC
Item Call Number D 805 .P6 T35
Status Available
Barcode 13811
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 842307052 (softbound)
Language Code
  • Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - D 805 .P6 T35
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Talbot, Carol Terry
Title Statement
  • Title - Escape at dawn
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - Carol Terry Talbot and Virginia J. Mur
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Wheaton, IL :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Tyndale House Pub.,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1988.
Physical Description
  • Extent - 366 p. :
  • Other physical details - ill.,
  • Dimensions - 21 x 14 cm.
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
General Note
  • General note - Carol Terry Talbot was held prisoner by the Japanese for 3½ years at Los Baños Internment Camp in the Philippines before the accurately documented mass rescue of 2,000 prisoners. - Roderick Hall
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - Carol Terry was one of many Americans who found herself stranded in the Philippines when the ship she was on offloaded its passengers in Manila at the beginning of the war. She was originally bound for India as a missionary, only to find herself almost helpless in Manila, but found support in other American missionaries. She writes about how the Japanese tried to force the American pastors and religious leaders (including the author) to sign a pledge to collaborate; no one did. She was allowed to live outside Santo Tomas Internment Camp, but aided Earl Hornbostel by smuggling radio parts so he could complete a working radio. Eventually she was interned in Santo Tomas, but soon was transferred to Los Baños; she narrates her experiences there and especially at the time of the dramatic liberation by paratroopers and guerrilla forces. She adds a chapter on her work in India after the war. Appendices include a roster of the Los Baños internees and a report of her interview with one of the former Japanese guards of the camp. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
Language Note
  • Language note - English
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Los Baños Internment Camp.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Personal narratives, American.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Personal Name
  • Personal name - Mur, Virginia J.