The first Filipino : a biography of Jose Rizal /
Rizal, Jose 1861-1896 1861-1896 P., [1861-1896]
The first Filipino : a biography of Jose Rizal / A biography of Jose Rizal : the first Filipino by Leon Ma. Guerrero [Historian] - New edition. - xxiv, 539 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliography (pages 534-539)
"The book is about the biography of our national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal. It is written for Filipinos. All the translations in the text of Rizal's novels, essays and letters, and of other documents in Spanish are from the author. According to the author some aspects of this biography will proved to be controversial; It is not a hagiography but the story of a human being, being human, was afflicted with the "heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to. Rizal was not perfect, he was not always right, but those who will read this story of his life will perceive that his humanity is precisely the secret of his greatness." -- L. Ma. G. [The author]
Text in English and Spanish
"Awarded First Prize in the Rizal Biography contest under the auspices of the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission in 1961" -- Title page
9789719341871
Rizal, Jose Protacio 1861-1896 --Biography
920 / .R627g
The first Filipino : a biography of Jose Rizal / A biography of Jose Rizal : the first Filipino by Leon Ma. Guerrero [Historian] - New edition. - xxiv, 539 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliography (pages 534-539)
"The book is about the biography of our national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal. It is written for Filipinos. All the translations in the text of Rizal's novels, essays and letters, and of other documents in Spanish are from the author. According to the author some aspects of this biography will proved to be controversial; It is not a hagiography but the story of a human being, being human, was afflicted with the "heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to. Rizal was not perfect, he was not always right, but those who will read this story of his life will perceive that his humanity is precisely the secret of his greatness." -- L. Ma. G. [The author]
Text in English and Spanish
"Awarded First Prize in the Rizal Biography contest under the auspices of the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission in 1961" -- Title page
9789719341871
Rizal, Jose Protacio 1861-1896 --Biography
920 / .R627g