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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
E 840.8 .F668 F667 2009 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
16233 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9780615318899 (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 - Forster, Nancy Keeney.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Encounters :
- Remainder of title - a lifetime spent crossing cultural frontiers /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Nancy Keeney Forster.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Tiburon, Calif. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Wind Sound Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2009.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xi, 366 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.maps ,
- Dimensions - 23 x 16 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - A biography of Clifton Forster, son of a ranking American businessman in Manila (Charles H. Foster was also the manager of the Red Cross in the Philippines). He grew up in Manila and had a carefree life, which is described together with his father's work in the Red Cross. The good life was shattered when the war broke out and he and his family were interned in Santo Tomas. One chapter of this book is devoted to Forster's experiences in Santo Tomas. The family was repatriated to the US in 1943, but Clifton returned to Manila in 1945. The destruction of Manila in 1945 is detailed. After the war, he married; he and his wife (the author of this book) joined the US Information Service, and together they were able to work with people of various races and backgrounds. The husband and wife team advocated peaceful understanding and dialogue, rather than war, the message which runs throughout the book. Clifton passed away in 2007; Nancy sorted his papers and with her own memories wrote this biography/memoir. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Forster, Cliff,
- Dates associated with a name - 1924-2006.
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States. Foreign Service
- General subdivision - Biography.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Diplomats
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - United States Information Agency
- General subdivision - Biography.
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