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Author Westfall, Matthew.

Title The devil's causeway : the true story of America's first prisoners of war in the Philippines, and the heroic expedition sent to their rescue / Matthew Westfall.

Publication Info. Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, 2012.
2012.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  959.9031 WESTFALL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  959.9 WES    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  959.9 WES    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 417 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Baler, 1897 -- A defense to madness -- Arrival -- A generous mission -- Reconnoiter -- Trouble -- Off beach and bar -- Sierra Madres -- San Isidro -- A ray of light -- Prison -- The center of gravity -- Pursuit -- Buying time -- The expedition -- Cordilleras -- Salvation -- Garrison -- Venville -- The trial -- Bones -- Dead man's island -- Empire's end -- Epilogue: the cost of conquest.
Subject Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902 -- Prisoners and prisons, American.
Baler (Philippines) -- History -- Siege, 1898-1899.
Gillmore, James C., 1854-1927.
Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902.
ISBN 9780762780297
0762780290
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