A Letter to My Father

by Mossman, Helen Madamba

• ISBN13: 9780806139098
• ISBN10: 0806139099
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-30
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

A Filipina American woman recalls her childhood during wartime and peace

Author Biography

Helen Madamba Mossman is the former managing editor of the daily newspaper in Woodward, Oklahoma.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. xi
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: My Father, Jorge Arzaga Madamba	p. 3
A Handsome Young Stranger	p. 8
Iva Harrison	p. 12
Rumors of War	p. 19
A Child before the War	p. 28
Our Dear Friend Picar	p. 34
Father Oomun	p. 41
Aunt Charlotte	p. 47
Pearl Harbor	p. 52
Colonel Neil Brittan	p. 58
A Letter from My Father	p. 65
The First Hideout	p. 67
A Book of Matches and an Apple	p. 73
The Coming of Major Villamor	p. 81
The Abyss of Danger	p. 86
The Christmas of '43	p. 99
My Brother	p. 101
Edge of Capture	p. 105
Flight through Fear	p. 110
The Killing Waters	p. 114
Blue Sky	p. 120
The Life March	p. 123
Crosses	p. 129
Greater Love Hath No Man	p. 131
The Eleventh Hour	p. 137
San Francisco	p. 141
Oklahoma	p. 146
"What Was the War Really Like?"	p. 150
Now I Know My Father	p. 156
Epilogue: This Side of the Looking Glass	p. 162
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