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A letter to my father : growing up Filipina and American

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press,


Title Details
  • A letter to my father :
Publishers
  • Norman :University of Oklahoma Press,c2008.
Descriptions
  • xv, 168 p. :ill., maps ;23 cm.
Isbn
    9780806139098 (hardbound)
Subjects
  • Mossman, Helen Madamba, -- 1933-
  • Arzaga Madamba, Jorge, -- -1963.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Philippine.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines.
  • Teenage girls -- Philippines -- Biography.
  • Filipino Americans -- Biography.
  • Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Online Sources
Location RHC
Item Call Number D 811.5 .M675 2008
Status Available
Barcode 17834
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 9780806139098 (hardbound)
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - D 811.5
  • Item number - .M675 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
  • Classification number - B
  • Edition number - 22
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Mossman, Helen Madamba,
  • Dates associated with a name - 1933-
Title Statement
  • Title - A letter to my father :
  • Remainder of title - growing up Filipina and American /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - Helen Madamba Mossman.
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Norman :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - University of Oklahoma Press,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2008.
Physical Description
  • Extent - xv, 168 p. :
  • Other physical details - ill., maps ;
  • Dimensions - 23 cm.
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - Introduction : My father, Jorge Arzaga Madamba -- A handsome young stranger -- Iva Harrison -- Rumors of war -- A child beffore the war -- Our dear friend Picar -- Father Oomun -- Aunt Charlotte -- Pearl Harbor -- Colonel Neil Brittan -- A letter from my father -- The first hideout -- A book of matches and an apple -- The coming of Major Villamor -- The abyss of danger -- The Christmas of '43 -- My brother -- Edge of capture -- Flight through fear -- The killing waters -- Blue sky -- The life march -- Crosses -- Greater love hath no man -- The eleventh hour -- San Francisco -- Oklahoma -- "What was the war really like?" -- Now I know my father -- Epilogue : This side of the looking glass
Subject Personal Name
  • Personal name - Mossman, Helen Madamba,
  • Dates associated with a name - 1933-
  • Personal name - Arzaga Madamba, Jorge,
  • Dates associated with a name - -1963.
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • Form subdivision - Personal narratives, Philippine.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Teenage girls
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines
  • Form subdivision - Biography.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Filipino Americans
  • Form subdivision - Biography.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Journalists
  • Geographic subdivision - United States
  • Form subdivision - Biography.