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MAIN |
| Item Call Number |
IN PROCESS |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
12343 |
| 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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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Appel, Benjamin,
- Dates associated with a name - 1907-1977.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - We were there at the Battle for Bataan
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Benjamin Appel ; historical consultant, Courtney Whitney ; illustrated by Irv Docktor
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Grosset & Dunlap,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - [1957].
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - x, 178 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.,
- Dimensions - 21 x 14 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Carrier Type |
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| Series Statement |
- Series statement - We were there books, 13
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Juvenile fiction for American boys and girls: World War II and the Japanese occupation as seen through the eyes of an American boy and girl (siblings) in Manila at the start of the war; in Bataan during the siege; escape from the Death March; join the guerrillas. At the end of the war they are reunited with their father, who suffered in POW camp.
Some Tagalog words used for local color (most all right, but a few misspellings). One of a series of books for children depicting historical events. Historical consultant for this volume was Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney. Pen and ink illustrations have the soldiers in Bataan using the wrong (late war) helmet. - 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
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- Form subdivision - Fiction.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Philippines
- Form subdivision - Fiction.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - Bataan
- Uncontrolled term - juvenile fiction for Americans
- Uncontrolled term - POWs
- Uncontrolled term - World War II in the Philippines
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| Series Uniform Title |
- Uniform title - We were there books
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