Stories Rarely Told 2: Threads from Philippine History by Augusto V. De Viana

Usually, when historians write about the past, they exclude minor details or what they consider not so significant to the subject matter they are writing about. Thus, these details are excluded from the mainstream of written history. In so doing, these details are left behind to await another historian to make use of and give them their rightful place for the role they had played in the past. 

The list of topics highlighted in this second volume of Stories Rarely Told by Dr. Augusto de Viana justifies the observation that so many details about the past are marginalized by many historians as they focus only on a particular subject they are interested in. This book shows that the marginalized data are equally compelling, meriting attention from historians and their readers. Indeed, as diverse as these marginalized data are, are the perspectives that emerge from each historian. 

Dr. de Viana's book recognizes the unsung people who chartered the Philippines' past, whom many historians have chosen to ignore. (Excerpt from the Foreword by Dr. Luis C. Dery)

About the Author

Augusto V. De Viana is an associate professorial lecturer at the University of Santo Tomas. He obtained the degrees of Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies, Master of Arts in History cum laude and Doctor of Philosophy in History magna Cum laude from the same university. He authored books such as of Apples and Ampalaya: Bittersweet Glimpses of the American Period in the Philippines; Kulaboretor! The Issue of Political Collaboration during World War II and The Far Islands: The Role of Natives from the Philippines in the Conquest, Colonization and Repopulation of the Mariana Islands 1668-1903. He is also the editor and compiler of The I-Stories: The Events in the Philippine Revolution and the Filipino-American War as told by its Eyewitnesses and Participants. He has also authored various articles in scholarly publications such as the Micronesian, the journal of the University of the Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Aubury, New South Wales and the Unitas and Ad Veritatem of the University of Santo Tomas.