0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War

Buy Now

A Letter to My Father - Growing up Filipina and American (Hardcover) Loot Price: R841
Discovery Miles 8 410
A Letter to My Father - Growing up Filipina and American (Hardcover): Helen Madamba Mossman

A Letter to My Father - Growing up Filipina and American (Hardcover)

Helen Madamba Mossman

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R841 Discovery Miles 8 410 | Repayment Terms: R79 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

"A Filipina American woman recalls her childhood during wartime and peace"

Going from the jungles of the wartime Philippines to the schoolyards of northwestern Oklahoma is no easy transition. For one twelve-year-old girl, it meant distance not only across the globe but also within her own family.

Born to a Filipino father and an American mother, Helen Madamba experienced terrifying circumstances at a young age. During World War II, her father, Jorge, fought as an American soldier in his native Philippines, and his family camped in jungles and slept in caves for more than two years to evade capture by the Japanese. But once the family relocated to Woodward, Oklahoma, young Helen faced a different kind of struggle.

Here Mossman tells of her efforts to repudiate her Asian roots so she could fit into American mainstream culture--and her later efforts to come to terms with her identity during the tumultuous 1960s. As she recounts her father's wartime exploits and gains an appreciation of his life, she learns to rejoice in her biracial and multicultural heritage.

Written with the skill of a gifted storyteller and graced with photos that capture both of Helen's worlds, "A Letter to My Father" is a poignant story that will resonate with anyone familiar with the struggle to reconcile past and present identities.

General

Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2008
First published: April 2008
Authors: Helen Madamba Mossman
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Paper over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-3909-8
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
Promotions
LSN: 0-8061-3909-9
Barcode: 9780806139098

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

SAS: Rogue Heroes - The Authorized…
Ben MacIntyre Paperback  (1)
R313 R287 Discovery Miles 2 870
Little Bird Of Auschwitz - How My Mother…
Alina Peretti, Jacques Peretti Paperback R462 R421 Discovery Miles 4 210
Seven Votes - How WWII Changed South…
Richard Steyn Paperback  (1)
R300 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680
In Enemy Hands - South Africa's POWs In…
Karen Horn Paperback  (1)
R553 Discovery Miles 5 530
The Splendid And The Vile - Churchill…
Erik Larson Paperback R300 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680
Tense Future - Modernism, Total War…
Paul K. Saint-Amour Hardcover R3,799 Discovery Miles 37 990
Why Germany Nearly Won - A New History…
Robert M. Citino Hardcover R2,381 Discovery Miles 23 810
Germany and the Second World War…
Ralf Blank, Joerg Echternkamp, … Hardcover R13,408 Discovery Miles 134 080
World War II at Camp Hale - Blazing a…
David R Witte Paperback R658 R601 Discovery Miles 6 010
We Shall Suffer There - Hong Kong's…
Tony Banham Hardcover R1,207 R909 Discovery Miles 9 090
The Holocaust and Memory - The…
Barbara Engel King-Boni Hardcover R2,539 Discovery Miles 25 390
World War II Rhode Island
Christian McBurney, Brian L Wallin, … Paperback R561 R521 Discovery Miles 5 210

See more

Partners