De La Salle University Publishing House (DLSUPH)
Mabuhay!
Authors: Marcial P. Lichauco and
Carlos L. Quirino
Published and distributed by:
De La Salle University (DLSU) Publishing House, 2012
ISBN 978-971-555-559-3
180 pages
(ebook edition available in Amazon.com and Flipreads.com)
MABUHAY! is an account of a defining moment in Philippine history—the Second World War. It focuses specifically on the period from December 8, 1941 when the Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor until April 9, 1942, the Fall of Bataan and Corregidor. Within this historical frame, Carlos Quirino and Marcial Lichauco constructed a historically-specific world that re-created the wartime conditions in Manila and part of Luzon, especially Bataan where Filipino and American soldiers made their last stand.
For readers born after the Pacific War, the novel is a rich source of information and insights into the conditions of wartime Philippines—the unrelenting fury of the Japanese invaders, the horrible conditions of prisoners at UST and Fort Santiago, the treachery of some Filipino collaborators, the heroism of Filipino and American soldiers, in a world turned upside down.
Marcial P. Lichauco, (November 27, 1902 – March 4, 1971), was the youngest son of Don Faustino Lichauco, a successful merchant and a member of Emilio Aguinaldo’s Revolutionary Junta. Marcial was a precocious young lad. Unusual for his time, he received his early education at the Central School, a school set up for Americans. Graduating at the top of his class, he entered Harvard University at the age of sixteen, and became the first Filipino to graduate from the Harvard College in 1923. He subsequently went to Harvard Law School, graduating in 1926.
Carlos L. Quirino (January 14, 1910 – May 20, 1999) was a historian, a lawyer and a soldier. He received his primary and high school education at De La Salle College. In 1931, after graduating with a degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, he embarked on a career as a writer. He wrote the first biography of President Manuel L. Quezon, Quezon, Man of Destiny, which was published in 1935. His prizewinning biography of Jose Rizal, The Great Malayan, was written in 1938.