Ocampo, Ambeth R.

Looking back/ Ambeth R. Ocampo. - Mandaluyong City: Anvil Publishing, c2010. - 92 p.: ill.; 18 cm.

Contents: Gregorio del Pilar was a playboy – A song for Quezon’s girlfriend – The governor and the feminist – MacArthur and Dimples – The sad Hidalgo-Yrritia affair – Manuel L. Quezon, the way he was – The hot-blooded Antonio Luna – Rumors distort history – Lopez Jaena, the forgotten hero – Recuerdos de patay – There’s this woman named Circuncision – Ay, monai! – Filipino cuss words – How much for the mamon? – Did japan offer to buy the philippines? – We could have been a german colony – King of belgium failed to buy the Philippines – A country that had many names – Names, places, and some changes – The last word on maynila – The mala cana in malacanang – Who was Juan Luna’s la bulaquena? – Who did Luna pass off as his wife? – A king visited rp and fell in love.

978-9971-27-2336-0


Philippine essays (English).
History in literature.

FIL 959.9 O15 2010 b.1