| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 T66 2009 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
16226 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9780595461677 (softbound)
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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 805 .P6 T66 2009
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Tong, Curtis Whitfield,
- Dates associated with a name - 1934-
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Child of war :
- Remainder of title - sons of angels : a child's memoir of horror and reconciliation while imprisoned in World War II-torn Philippines /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Curtis Whitfield Tong.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - iUniverse, Inc.,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2009.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xii, 322 p., [11] p. of plates :
- Other physical details - ill.maps ,
- Dimensions - 23 x 16 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account, based on memory and research, of an American boy (he was seven when the war began), caught in Baguio by the war. His parents were Protestant missionaries, with his father in Davao; his mother had to single-handedly care for young Curtis and his two sisters throughout the Japanese occupation of Baguio, incarceration in Camp John Hay, forced march to Camp Holmes, and, in December 1944, the move to Bilibid Prison. He details daily life and concerns in the three camps, recovering his childhood perceptions and suppressed memories, and the excitement of liberation. He also tells of his difficulties being separated from his mother and sisters at first, since he was assigned by the Japanese to the men's barracks; of the humane and personable camp commandant, Rokuro Tomibe, whom the author was able to renew contact with after the war. - 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 - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Concentration Camps
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
- 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
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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