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The
Crucible
Price: $27.95
Subtitle: An
Autobiography by Colonel Yay, Filipina American Guerrilla
Yay Panlilio
Edited and with an Introduction by
Denise Cruz
Subject: Asian
American Studies, American
Studies, Literary Studies
Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-4682-7
Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8135-4681-0
Pages:
360 pages
Publication Date: November 2009
Praise for The Crucible
"The Crucible is a
fascinating and unique autobiography that presents readers with a point
of view that is rarely seen and heard, but deserves notice."—Catherine Ceniza Choy, author of Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in
Filipino American History
Description:
On December 8, 1941, as the Pacific War reached the
Philippines, Yay Panlilio, a Filipina- Irish American, faced a question
with no easy answer: How could she contribute to the war?
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, Panlilio blends wry commentary,
rigorous journalistic detail, and popular romance.
Weaving together appearances by Douglas MacArthur and Carlos Romulo
with dangerous espionage networks, this work provides an insightful
perspective on the war. The Crucible
invites readers to see new intersections in Filipina/o, Asian American,
and American literature studies, and Denise Cruz’s introduction imparts
key biographical, historical, and cultural contexts to that purpose.
About the Author:
DENISE CRUZ is an assistant professor of English and American
studies at Indiana University.
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