| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 811.5 S68 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14180 |
| 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 811.5 S68
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Spencer, Louise Reid
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Guerrilla wife
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Louise Reid Spencer
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Chicago, IL :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Peoples Book Club,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1945.
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Thomas Y. Crowell co,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1945.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - [viii], 243 p. :
- Dimensions - 22 x 15 cm.
- Extent - 209 p.
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| General Note |
- General note - Originally published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Mrs. Spencer was living on Masbate in the Philippines with her engineer husband when the Japanese invaded. They took to the hills with a small band of refugees and evaded the Japanese for 27 months. - Roderick Hall
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account of an American woman who was living in Masbate Island with her engineer husband. Instead of surrendering to the Japanese, she and her husband, together with other refugees, evacuated to the mountains where they assisted the guerrillas.
Ms. Spencer describes conditions in the mountains, evacuating Masbate for Panay by boat, giving birth in the mountains, and finally escape by submarine to Australia. She narrowly missed being caught and killed by the Japanese in Camp Hopevale. - 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 - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
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