The Crucible : An Autobiography by Colonel Yay, Filipina American Guerrilla /

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In this 1950 memoir, The Crucible: An Autobiography by Colonel Yay, Filipina American Guerrilla, Panlilio narrates her experience as a journalist, triple agent, leader in the Philippine resistance against the Japanese, and lover of the guerrilla general Marcos V. Augustin, from the war-torn streets...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Panlilio, Yay, 1913-1978
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Panlilio, Yay, > 1913-1978.
Panlilio, Yay, > 1913-1978
Women journalists
Women guerrillas
War > Underground movements.
Military participation > Female
Irish Americans
Filipino Americans
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Asian American.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Americains d'origine irlandaise > Biographies.
Americains d'origine philippine > Biographies.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Participation des femmes.
Femmes journalistes > Philippines > Biographies.
Guerilleras > Philippines > Biographies.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Mouvements de resistance > Philippines.
Irish Americans > Biography.
Filipino Americans > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Filipino American.
Women journalists > Philippines > Biography.
Women guerrillas > Philippines > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Philippines.
Philippines
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this 1950 memoir, The Crucible: An Autobiography by Colonel Yay, Filipina American Guerrilla, Panlilio narrates her experience as a journalist, triple agent, leader in the Philippine resistance against the Japanese, and lover of the guerrilla general Marcos V. Augustin, from the war-torn streets of Japanese-occupied Manila, to battlegrounds in the countryside, and the rural farmlands of central California. Denise Cruz's introduction imparts key biographical, historical, and cultural contexts.
Physical Description:1 online resource (352 pages).
ISBN:9780813546827

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