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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 802 P6 L5 1996 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
18407 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 85098 (softbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Lichauco, Marcial P.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Dear Mother Putnam :
- Remainder of title - a diary of the Second World War in the Philippines /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Marcial P. Lichauco
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [Manila :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - s.n.,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1996].
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 220 p., [12] p. of plates :
- Other physical details - ill. ,
- Dimensions - 18 x 13 cm.
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| General Note |
- General note - Originally published: Manila? : M. Lichauco, 1949. Written by a former Philippine Ambassador, this book recounts the experiences of a civilian who lived through the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during the Second World War.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - One of the first diaries published after the war detailing life in occupied Manila, the first edition of this book came out around 1949.
This remains one of the most important sources on Manila during the Japanese occupation; Lichauco was a practicing lawyer and keen observer of contemporary events. He had written a book on the American conquest of the Philippines and knew Roxas, Quezon and many other political leaders personally. He was married to an American woman (who was pregnant at the start of the war), which made his position in Manila more precarious.
Lichauco originally began the diary as a letter to his foster mother in the US (hence Mother Putnam), when he studied as a pensionado in Harvard. As the war took longer than expected, the letter eventually became a diary, some of which featured extensive entries. Lichauco wrote this under great personal risk, as the Japanese forbade the writing of diaries, particularly those critical of the Japanese. The diary begins on December 8, 1941 and ends on February 24, 1945, as the Battle of Manila was ending.
This book contains many significant observations on major events. This reprint adds background information on the author as well as photographs, which were not in the first edition. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Lichauco, Marcial Primitivo,
- Dates associated with a name - 1902-
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, Filipino.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Philippines
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
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