Author: Maynard, Mary McKay,
Title: My Faraway Home: an American family's WWII tale of adventure and survival in the jungles of the Philippines.
Description: Guilford, CT, Lyons/Globe Pequot Press, (2001). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor & attacked the Philippines, American families working on Mindanao fled into the. jungle for what they thought would be a short evacuation. It lasted two years. They survived typhoons, fires, and cobras, lived on canned food, learned to improvise their own shoes, soap and other necessities. A fresh perspective on war through a child's eyes. Owner notation ft endpaper.

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