My Faraway Home: An American Family's WWII Tale of Adventure and Survival in the Jungles of the Philippines
- ISBN-10
- 1585747238
- ISBN-13
- 9781585747238
- Category
- Philippines
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-09
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot
- Author
- Mary McKay Maynard
Description
A beautifully written, courageous memoir of a wartime childhood behind enemy lines. (SEE QUOTES. Use #2 if not too long.)
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