| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 143 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Cover; Fugitives; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of Maps; Preface; Introduction; Prologue; 1. Manila; 2. Masbate; 3. Evacuation; 4. Back to the Mine; 5. Panay; 6. Mindanao; 7. Into the Jungle; 8. Preparing to Sail; 9. To Australia; 10. Brisbane; Epilogue; Appendix: War Department Letter; Further Reading |
| Summary |
"When the Japanese Imperial Forces invaded the Philippine Islands at the onset of World War II, they quickly rounded up Allied citizens on Luzon and imprisoned them as enemy aliens. These captured civilians were treated inhumanely from the start, and news of the atrocities committed by the enemy soon spread to the more remote islands to the south. Hearing this, many of the expatriates living there refused to surrender as their islands were occupied. Fugitives, based on the memoir of Jordan A. Hamner, tells the true story of a young civilian mining engineer trapped on the islands during the J |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-143) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Hamner, Jordan A
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| SUBJECT |
Hamner, Jordan A. fast |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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Mining engineers -- United States -- Biography
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines
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Escapes -- Philippines -- History -- 20th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Escapes
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Mining engineers
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Philippines
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United States
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Personal narratives
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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History
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Personal narratives
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Sea stories.
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War stories.
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Autobiographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Autobiographies.
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Récits personnels.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2001004663 |
| ISBN |
081317080X |
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9780813170800 |
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9780813138459 |
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0813138450 |
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1283327503 |
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9781283327503 |
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9786613327505 |
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6613327506 |
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