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Biographies / Testimonies [browse this category]
Across the Seas
Sievert, Antonio R. (Author)
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ISBN: 971-10-1125-5
Cover: Paperback
Available: Yes
Description
This non-fictional narrative is the story of three brothers Carlos, Jorge and Jose Sievert y Barriere, who in the late nineteenth century made the courageous decision to leave their home in Cadiz, Spain, for the Philippine Islands, the last of Spain’s colonial possessions, in search of a more rewarding life. The new immigrants learned about their adopted country’s
turbulent past, affecting both Christian and Muslim natives, and its cultural and economic transformation from Andres Reyes, a successful abaca trader, born and raised on the Visayan island of Samar.2004. 248 pages.
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