| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
DS 686.2 .S23 A3 2001 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
14193 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9719247002 (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 - DS 686.2 .S23 A3 2001
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Sacro, Aurora Lopez
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Bumitalag :
- Remainder of title - miracles of war : from the diary of Aurora Lopez Sacro /
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [Manila] :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Published and exclusively distributed by InterFormat Manila,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 2001.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xiv, 231 p. :
- Other physical details - ill. (some col.), maps ;
- Dimensions - 27 x 19 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - Bumitalag no longer exists but is immortalised in the diary of Aurora Lopez Sacro Ver. - Roderick Hall
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - A very personal account of the war experienced by a young wife and mother. The husband of the former Aurora Lopez Sacro was a reserve Philippine Army officer and was called to active duty in 1941. This book consists of excerpts from her wartime diary, which details her daily life, struggle to survive, worries and fears, and strength. This book starts with Aurora's entry for December 7, 1941, and documents conditions in Laoag as the war starts and the Japanese take over. She is separated from her husband, who is sent to Bataan; he later surreptitiously returns to Laoag, joins the guerrillas and urges his wife and family to evacuate to the mountains. After moving from place to place, evading Japanese soldiers, she and her family settle in a small village called Bumitalag, where they spend most of the rest of the war. The diary gives interesting details about Roque Ablan, governor of Ilocos Norte and one of the first guerrilla leaders in the Philippines, as well as other local personalities. The diary is also a testament to the strength and selflessness of this resilient woman. Although there is joy with the coming of the Americans and the defeat of the Japanese, tragedy befalls Aurora when her husband dies of cerebral malaria. Several years later, she remarries: her second husband was her husband's wartime buddy (Prudencio Ver). An epilogue details her postwar struggles and triumphs and her children from both marriages. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Sacro, Aurora Lopez
- Form subdivision - Diaries.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, Philippine.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Philippines
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
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