Boyhood in Monsoon Country

Boyhood in Monsoon Country - Paperback

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Boyhood in Monsoon Country - Paperback

Boyhood in Monsoon Country - Paperback

by Maximo D. Ramos
$17.53
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by Maximo D. Ramos (Author)

Maximo D. Ramos wrote a number of books detailing the history and culture of the Philippines. Boyhood in Monsoon Country is a collection of little essays about village life as a boy. It is not just the content here, which presents a fascinating range of topics from the food to the bird life to even the mythological creatures that kept him and his friends scared of entering into the woods -- what really speaks to the reader is the lyrical and conversational quality of the writing. Ramos's observations are often hilarious, often poignant, and always stream of consciousness, like a warm grandfather relaying his adventures to his grandchildren who gather around him to take it all in. As Ramos explores his own life and times, his invitation is a simple but profound one: now that he has shared his life, he implores the reader to think about and celebrate their own. Reading Boyhood in Monsoon Country feels like an exchange of lives-- a conversation that lets us into Ramos' world, and encourages us to think of the humanity that unites us all.

Contents:
Early School Days
We Had Gizzards of Iron
We Had Food Specials, Too
Our Peer Group
The Games We Played
The Birds We Knew
Our Homely Names
The Harmful Gods of Our Countryside
We Had Just About All We Needed
A Note to Agents of Change
The Magic of Old Place-Names
Holiday in Black
Sweet Were the Uses of Necromancy
Picnic
Holy Week in Monsoon Country
Glossary of lloko Term
Number of Pages: 148
Dimensions: 0.32 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: November 14, 2018
ISBN9781731252982
Author Maximo D. Ramos
PublisherIndependently Published
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2018
LanguageENG- English
Pages148
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Maximo D. Ramos

Maximo D. Ramos is considered the "Dean of Philippine Lower Mythology." He was the former editor in chief of Phoenix Publishing House (1963 1980) and served as faculty member of National Teachers College, Feati University, Far Eastern University, and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of the University of the East. He was also former head of the English Department o f the Philippine normal College. He was a high school valedictorian (1930), had a B.S.E. (English major, UP, 1933), an M.A. in English (Indiana University, 1946), a Certificate in the Teaching of English as a Second Language (University of California at Los Angeles, 1962), and a Ph.D. (UP, 1965). He was the author of Tales of Long Ago in the Philippines; Philippine Myths, Legends, and Folktales; Legends of Lower Gods; The Creatures of Midnight; The Aswang Complex in Philippine Folklore; Philippine Demonological Legends and Their Cultural Bearings; Boyhood in Monsoon Country; Patricia of the Green Hills and Other Stories and Poems; and Remembrance of Lents Past and Other Essays. He also wrote numerous articles, stories, and verses that appeared in several magazines and journals.

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