| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 811.5 G754 2016 |
| Status |
Available |
| Itemnotes |
with signature of the author |
| Barcode |
17825 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9781937493936 (softbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 811.5
- Item number - G754 2016
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Griffiths, Stephen.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Guerrilla priest :
- Remainder of title - an American family in world war II Philippines /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Stephen Griffiths.
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 1st edition.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Newport, OR :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Dancing Moon Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2016
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| Physical Description |
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
- Media type term - unmediated
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| Carrier Type |
- Carrier type term - volume
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - A whirlwind courtship -- Mr. and Mrs. Padji -- Impending war -- Invasion -- Safe in a Philippine Shangri-La -- From Padji to Lieutenant -- Ambush at Lamonan -- No to surrender -- Hiding in the forest -- A close call -- Deeper into the forest -- Christmas at Maatop -- The "Good Luck" Camp -- Here they are! -- Prisoners of the Japanese Imperial Army -- Trek to Lubuagan -- Death sentence -- Reprieve -- Prison camp life -- A boon from the Red Cross -- Unexpected visitors -- Christmas 1943 -- Cubicle war -- Transfer to Bilibid Prison -- Liberation -- Repatriation -- Return to Balbalasang -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- Index
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "Guerrilla Priest captures a special moment in the history of the Pacific War: the formation of the first guerrilla resistance against the Japanese in northern Luzon, Philippines. Major Walter Cushing, Chief Puyao of the Tingguian village of Balbalasang, and Al Griffiths, an Episcopal priest, were key figures in this resistance. Guerrilla Priest describes the events that led to the ambush at Lamonan--disastrous for the Japanese--and the aftermath of that ambush for those who participated.
Guerrilla Priest also provides an intimate glimpse of the American colonial experience in the Philippines, its impact on the Tingguian people, and a portrait of Japanese soldiers and their commanders that defies stereotype.
But perhaps most significantly, it tells the story of how a young American family--Al Griffiths, his wife Nessie, and their infant daughter Katy--managed to survive a horrific war.
Al and Nessie wrote separate accounts of their wartime experiences. Author Stephen Griffiths based Guerrilla Priest on his parents' two unpublished memoirs."
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Griffiths family
- Personal name - Griffiths, Al
- Personal name - Griffiths, Nessie
- Personal name - Griffiths, Katy
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| Subject Topical Term |
- 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 - Underground movements
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
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