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The devil's causeway : the true story of Americas first prisoners of war in the Philippines and the heroic expedition sent to their rescue


Title Details
  • The devil's causeway :
Descriptions
  • xiv, 417 pages :illustrations, maps ;24 cm
Isbn
    9780762780297
Subjects
  • Gillmore, James C., -- 1854-1927.
  • Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902 -- Prisoners and prisons, American.
  • Baler (Philippines) -- History -- Siege, 1898-1899.
  • Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Place
  • Philippines
  • Baler (Philippines)
  • Philippines
Location MAIN
Item Call Number DS 684 W47 2012
Status Available
Barcode 17168
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 9780762780297
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - DS 684 W47 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
  • Classification number - 959.9/031
  • Edition number - 23
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Westfall, Matthew.
Title Statement
  • Title - The devil's causeway :
  • Remainder of title - the true story of America's first prisoners of war in the Philippines, and the heroic expedition sent to their rescue /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - Matthew Westfall.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, And Copyright Notice
  • Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture - Guilford, Connecticut :
  • Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer - Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press,
  • Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice - [2012]
Physical Description
  • Extent - xiv, 417 pages :
  • Other physical details - illustrations, maps ;
  • Dimensions - 24 cm
Content Type
  • Content type term - text
Media Type
  • Media type term - unmediated
Carrier Type
  • Carrier type term - volume
Bibliography, Etc. Note
  • Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-410) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - Baler, 1897 -- A defense to madness -- Arrival -- A generous mission -- Reconnoiter -- Trouble -- Off beach and bar -- Sierra Madres -- San Isidro -- A ray of light -- Prison -- The center of gravity -- Pursuit -- Buying time -- The expedition -- Cordilleras -- Salvation -- Garrison -- Venville -- The trial -- Bones -- Dead man's island -- Empire's end -- Epilogue: the cost of conquest.
Subject Personal Name
  • Personal name - Gillmore, James C.,
  • Dates associated with a name - 1854-1927.
Subject Geographic Name
  • Geographic name - Philippines
  • General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, American.
  • Chronological subdivision - Philippine American War, 1899-1902
  • Geographic name - Baler (Philippines)
  • General subdivision - History
  • Chronological subdivision - Siege, 1898-1899.
  • Geographic name - Philippines
  • General subdivision - History
  • Chronological subdivision - Philippine American War, 1899-1902.