History of the Mariana Islands (2nd Edition)

History of the Mariana Islands (2nd Edition)
Author: S J
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-09-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781935198956

Histoire des isles Marianes (History of the Mariana Islands), was published in Paris in 1700 with authorship attributed to French Jesuit priest Charles Le Gobien, S.J. It provides a detailed glimpse into a tumultuous and critically significant period in the history of the Mariana Islands and the CHamoru people--the period commonly referred to as the CHamoru-Spanish Wars. It includes detailed accounts of the first 30 years of the Jesuit mission in the Marinas. It also features speeches by CHamoru chiefs, including the famous speech by Maga'låhi Hurao that is etched onto the wall at the entrance of the Guam Museum. Using research conducted in several national and international archives in Madrid, Barcelona, Rome, and at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center in Guam, Alexandre Coello de la Rosa produced this English translation of the first Spanish edition of Le Gobien's text. This present edition also stems from a manuscript preserved in the Arxiu de la Companyia de Jesus a Catalunya archive in Barcelona, with authorship attributed to Spanish Jesuit priest Luis de Morales, S.J., who had been part of the Jesuit mission to the Marianas in the late 1600s. Thus, this text calls into question Le Gobien's authorship. This edition opens with an in-depth introduction analyzing the context of the publication's history, as well as its significance over time. The book also features annotated notes that expand the narrative by providing details about the history of the Jesuit mission in the Marianas.

An Islander's Voice

An Islander's Voice
Author: Frederick B. Quinene
Publisher:
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2018-07-12
Genre: Guam
ISBN: 9781935198291

An Islander's Voice, a collection of poems by Guam's Poet Laureate Frederick B. Quinene, offers a unique perspective on love, life, family, culture, and politics on Guam from the powerful voice of a proud islander.

The Properties of Perpetual Light

The Properties of Perpetual Light
Author: Julian Aguon
Publisher: University of Guam Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2021-03-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781935198369

Part memoir, part manifesto, The Properties of Perpetual Light is a collection of soulful ruminations about love, loss, struggle, resilience, and power--a coming-of-age story and a call for justice.

Chamoru Legends

Chamoru Legends
Author: Teresita Lourdes Perez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-11-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781878453334

CHamoru Legends retells twelve CHamoru legends and features personal reflections from author Teresita Lourdes Perez, unique illustrations of each legend by Guam artists, and versions of the legends in the CHamoru language by Maria Ana Tenorio Rivera. The book includes CHamoru classics like the story of the siblings who created the universe; the two lovers who were pushed to the edge of a cliff because their union was forbidden; and the tale of the son who leapt an island away to escape his jealous father. CHamoru Legends is the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards Bronze Medal recipient for Best Regional Fiction for Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Rim. It is a reversible book featuring the legends in English on one side and in CHamoru on the other. Through multiple layers of interpretation, the book weaves together strips of wisdom and cultural lessons like the leaves used to shape the CHamoru guåfak, or mat, upon which the earliest CHamoru storytellers sat sharing their versions of these timeless tales.

Tinian and the Bomb

Tinian and the Bomb
Author: Don A. Farrell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Japan
ISBN: 9780930839048

Seabees and Superforts begins by describing the miracle of construction by the 6th Naval Construction Brigade, building the airfields, roads, and harbor necessary to land and support 400 B-29s for the air campaign against Japan. It then tells the story of how those B-29s were used to bomb Japan and aerial mining to blockade Japan's harbors. It ends with the story of the Manhattan Project on Tinian, receiving, assembling, and delivering the bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Lina'la'

Lina'la'
Author: Mike T. Carson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2018
Genre: Guam National Wildlife Refuge (Guam)
ISBN: 9781935198260

Litekyan (Ritidian) in northern Guam is one of the only places on the island where every period of human life can still be traced. Lina¿la: Portraits of Life at Litekyan features an incredible collection of photos capturing the people, plants, wild and sea life, landscapes, water resources, artifacts, and continuing legacies that tell an astonishing story spanning 3,500 years.

The Massacre at Atåte

The Massacre at Atåte
Author: Jose M. Torres
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre: Chamorro (Micronesian people)
ISBN: 9781935198628

"The Massacre at Atåte tells the story of the courageous people of the idyllic southern village of Malesso', who liberated themselves from the violent occupation of their village by Japanese forces during World War II. After scores of their relatives were killed in two massacres, a group of Chamoru men rose up in a little-known place called Atåte, where they fought and massacred the Japanese to protect their families. The book includes an introduction by Robert A. Underwood and an afterword by Michael Lujan Bevacqua"--