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008 090423s2009 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009017341
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050 00 $aDS686.4$b.W35 2009
082 00 $a940.53/16108130599$222
100 1 $aWalker, Scott,$d1950-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85373840
245 14 $aThe edge of terror :$bthe heroic story of American families trapped in Japanese-occupied Philippines /$cScott Walker.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bThomas Dunne Books,$c2009.
300 $ax, 320 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tPrologue: Antique Province, The Island of Panay, Philippine Archipelago -- $gCh. 1.$tThe Philippine Islands, 1898-1935 -- $gCh. 2.$tThe Missionaries, 1892-1919 -- $gCh. 3.$tThe Gold Miners, 1901-1937 -- $gCh. 4.$tCapiz City, Panay, 1919-1941 -- $gCh. 5.$tDecember 4, 1941, Chicago, Illinois -- $gCh. 6.$tJanuary-February 1942, Masbate and Panay Islands -- $gCh. 7.$tMarch-April 1942, Bataan, Luzon -- $gCh. 8.$tJune-October 1942, Hopevale, Panay Island -- $gCh. 9.$tNovember-December 1942 -- $gCh. 10.$tJanuary-March 1943, from Hopevale to Bunglay -- $gCh. 11.$tJuly-December 1943, Hopevale and Katipunan -- $gCh. 12.$tDecember 1943-April 1944, Panay.
520 1 $a"As Japanese military strategists planned their secret offensive against the United States in 1941, they designed a simultaneous two-pronged attack to wipe out American military might in the Pacific. While American battleships blew up and sank in Pearl Harbor, Japanese bombers approached the Philippines, soon destroying both American air and naval forces and leaving General Douglas MacArthur's ground forces in disarray. As the shipping piers in Manila harbor burned, nearly six thousand American civilians were suddenly trapped in the islands for the duration of the war. There would be no more ocean liners or Pan Am Clippers to transport them to safety. These unfortunate individuals and families became the largest body of American citizens ever captured by an enemy army." "Soon most of these hapless civilians realized that they had little option but to surrender to the invading Japanese and be placed in squalid internment camps. However, on the small island of Panay, a group of American missionaries and gold miners bound their fates together and withdrew into hiding in the jungle. Some joined with the Filipino guerrilla forces, actively resisting the Japanese. Others quietly continued their humanitarian tasks amidst the horrors of war. But all of them experienced living hell together." "For the first time in more than fifty years, the little-known story is told of these brave American civilians on Panay. Drawing on diaries, memoirs, family interviews, and military archives, Scott Walker describes daily life during the occupation and the danger these Americans faced in their efforts to serve both God and country."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aPhilippines$xHistory$yJapanese occupation, 1942-1945.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100793
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zPhilippines.
650 0 $aAmericans$zPhilippines$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aBaptists$zPhilippines$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aMissionaries$zPhilippines$xHistory$y20th century.
852 00 $bglx$hDS686.4$i.W35 2009