Worth the Price / Ogle, Mary S / (HB/1958-1958/B+/USED)

*Condition Note: Typical wear for age and is clean except for the owner mark. In good overall condition and may have an owner mark.*

"You ought to write a book about your experiences," my friends have often urged; but reluctant lest my experience of conversion seem to commonplace and lest the relating of my war experiences foster a spirit of animosity between national groups, I have hesitated. However, the desire to bear witness to the guiding power of God and the hope that my story will bring encouragement to other young people has led me to combine these two experiences into one story in this account of my life.

I have tried to draw a picture of life and nature and events as I have seen them, with the hope of giving those who have never been abroad a little of the feel of going to a strange land and a little better understanding of the place I visited.

It has not been my purpose to give a chronologically accurate account of facts relating to the war in the Philippines as it affected those of us who were interned at Baguio. Neither have I attempted to cover every area of camp life. And I have purposely refrained from telling some of the more unhappy experiences, especially those involving our relations with the Japanese military and police, for I feel that no good purpose can be served by repeating those experiences at this time. Rather, I have tried to give a picture of how a cross section of American and British civilians adapted themselves to internment and carried on within the limits of their circumstances a normal community life.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Prologue: Facing the Golden Gate
Hoosier Farm Girl
Teen-age Social and Religious Life
Business Girl Finds a New Way of Life
Country Colporteur
A Secretary Again
Missionary Sets Sail
Sojourn in Hong Kong
Shanghai at Last
A Visit to Old Peking
Rumors of War
Refugees Again
War Breaks Over Our Heads
We Become Prisoners
First Month in Camp
A One-Day Release
Transfer to Camp Holmes
Camp Work and Work Details
Camp Kitchens and Culinary Arts
Religion and Education
Entertainment and Recreation
Social Life and Romance
Sickness, Disease and Death
Rumors and News
The Beginning of the End
Move to Manila
Life in Bilibid
Deliverance
Homeward Bound and Home Again

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