TY - BOOK AU - Stahl,Bob TI - Fugitives: evading and escaping the Japanese SN - 081317080X AV - D811.5 .H32137 2001eb U1 - 813/.54 22 PY - 2001/// CY - Lexington, Ky. PB - University Press of Kentucky KW - Hamner, Jordan A. KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Personal narratives, American KW - Mining engineers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Philippines KW - Escapes KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Ingénieurs des mines KW - États-Unis KW - Biographies KW - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 KW - Évasions KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Literary KW - bisacsh KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - American KW - General KW - HISTORY KW - Military KW - World War II KW - fast KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books KW - Personal narratives KW - Autobiographies KW - Sea stories KW - gsafd KW - War stories KW - lcgft KW - rvmgf KW - Récits personnels N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-143); Cover; Fugitives; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of Maps; Preface; Introduction; Prologue; 1. Manila; 2. Masbate; 3. Evacuation; 4. Back to the Mine; 5. Panay; 6. Mindanao; 7. Into the Jungle; 8. Preparing to Sail; 9. To Australia; 10. Brisbane; Epilogue; Appendix: War Department Letter; Further Reading; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - "When the Japanese Imperial Forces invaded the Philippine Islands at the onset of World War II, they quickly rounded up Allied citizens on Luzon and imprisoned them as enemy aliens. These captured civilians were treated inhumanely from the start, and news of the atrocities committed by the enemy soon spread to the more remote islands to the south. Hearing this, many of the expatriates living there refused to surrender as their islands were occupied. Fugitives, based on the memoir of Jordan A. Hamner, tells the true story of a young civilian mining engineer trapped on the islands during the J UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=149773 ER -