This book is part of a selection of rare Filipiniana books which have long been out of print and are no longer available. Through the admirable efforts of concerned groups such as the Filipiniana Book Guild, the Historical Conservation Society, Cacho Hermanos and the Eugenio Lopez Foundation, more Filipiniana materials have been reprinted and made available to the general public. These rare books, selected by Professor Renato Constantino, form part of the Filipiniana Reprint Series published by Cacho Hermanos.
"As an account of the campaign of the American-led Philippine Constabulary (created in 1901 as an adjunct of the
US occupation army, which was then besieged by popular resistance), this book takes the point of view of the colonial authorities
on the various movements struggling for independence and for other social cuases. It lumps together all resistance movements
as the acts of bandits, savages, and crackpots.
But Vic Hurley's accounts, read from the Filipino vantage point, can give us new insights and new attitudes towards those 'primitive'
Filipino rebels. Despite the colonial bias of this book, students of the people's struggle for freedom and justice will gain from
its pages many glimpses of the creativity and tenacity of Filipino resistance".
-- Renato Constantino, 1985
Due to the many requests for copies of the reprinted book which, ironically, have become as rare as the original, Bakbakan International has undertaken to publish the complete manuscript on the Internet so that we may be able to share with many this priceless record of our history. Because of the length of the book and our limited resources,it will be published in stages, complete and unabridged.
Reynaldo S. Galang
International Director
Bakbakan International
August 2001
14. Years Shot with Flame: 1906 - 1907
Original publication © 1938 E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
Filipiniana Reprint Series © 1985 Cacho Hermanos, Inc.
This publication (HTML format & original artwork) © 2001 Bakbakan International