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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 805 .P6 L33 2007 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17814 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9781425774837 (softbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 805 .P6
- Item number - L33 2007
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
- Classification number - 940.54/7252095991
- Edition number - 22
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Fraser, G. Thomson.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - In the claw of the tiger :
- Remainder of title - based on the true story of World War II POW and survivor of the Bataan Death March Franklin "Porky" LaCoste /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - G. Thomson Fraser.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [Philadelphia, PA] :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Xlibris,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2007.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 405 p. :
- Other physical details - ill. ;
- Dimensions - 24 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "In the Claw of the Tiger narrates the true story of an eternal optimist, Franklin "Porky" LaCoste, and six of his buddies who join the service in 1940 looking for adventure and a ticket out of the depression-era stagnation of a small town. Instead, they find themselves trapped in World War II.
Written as a creative nonfiction, In the Claw of the Tiger is a survivor's tale, a coming-of-age story set in the Philippines and Japan, on the trail of the Bataan Death March, within POW camps, prisons, "Hell Ships" and mining camps. Along the way, Porky helps and is helped by friends and - on occasions - by the enemy."
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - LaCoste, Franklin.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- Form subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- Form subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Form subdivision - Personal narratives, American.
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