Orphans of the Pacific: The Philippines
by: Florence Horn

Hardcover. NY, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in blue cloth, faded gilt lettering on spine. 32 pages of B&W photos in rear section. In 1941 when this critical evaluation was published, Filipinos were looking toward their promised independence after 50 years as a territory of the US with a history earlier of over 3 centuries under Spain's thumb. Having been the White Man's Burden, they were now fearing they would become the "yellow man's prey", notes the author, as the WWII Pacific theater was looming. Two-color end paper maps: The Philippine Islands and their place in The Far East". Clean copy.