TITLE OF THE BOOK: HISTORY OF ILOCOS

REVISED EDITION: 2ND EDITION

AUTHOR: ISABELO FLORENTINO DE LOS REYES

INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR: ISABELO DE LOS REYES Y FLORENTINO (1864-1938), MAY WELL BE
THE ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING SONS OF VIGAN, ILOCOS SUR, BECAUSE OF HIS SIGNIFICANT
ACHIEVEMENTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF ENDEAVOR. AS A JOURNALIST, HE ALSO WROTE FOR THE MAJOR
NEWSPAPERS OF HIS DAY – DIARIO DE MANILA, EL CORNERCIA, LA ESPANA ORIENTAL. HE ALSO
FOUNDED THE EL ILOCANO, THE FIRST PAPER IN OUR NATIVE PHILIPPINE LANGUAGE. HE CONTRIBUTED
ALSO IN LA SOLIDARIDAD EXPOSING THE FRIARS IN THE SPANISH COLONIAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK: THE BOOK WAS SERIALIZED IN VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS OF THE DAY,
HISTORIA DE ILOCOS WAS FINALLY PUBLISHED IN TWO VOLUMES IN 1890. THE FIRST VOLUME COVERS
ILOCOS PREHISTORY WHILE THE SECOND VOLUME DEALS WITH ILOCOS HISTORY FROM SIXTEENTH
CENTURY ONWARDS.

TITLE OF THE BOOK: 101 STORIES OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION

REVISED EDITION: 2ND EDITION (2009 EDITION-1998 EDITION)

AUTHOR: AMBETH R. OCAMPO

INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR: AMBETH R. OCAMPO IS A PUBLIC HISTORIAN WHOSE RESEARCH
COVERS LATE 19TH CENTURY PHILIPPINES: ITS ART, FOOD, CULTURE AND THE BIRTH OF THE NATION. HE
IS CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE; CHAIRMAN AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY; PROFESSIONAL LECTURER IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF FILIPINO AND PHILIPPINE LITERATURE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES (DILIMAN);
AND REGENT OF THE UNIVERSIDAD DE MANILA. HE HAS PUBLISHED 15 BOOKS AND WAS RECENTLY
KNIGHTED AS “OFFICER” IN THE ORDER OF ARTS AND LETTERS BY THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK: THE BOOK TELLS THE HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES IN 101 STORIES
WHICH IS WITTY AND POPULAR KEYS THAT CANNOT BE FOUND IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY TEXTBOOKS.

TITLE OF THE BOOK: THE ROOTS OF THE FILIPINO NATION

REVISED EDITION: 2ND EDITION (1898-1998)

AUTHOR: ONOFRE D. CORPUZ

INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR: ONOFRE D. CORPUZ FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINE
GRADUATED AS MAGNA CUM LAUDE IN 1950. HE ALSO HOLDS AN HONORARY PH.D FROM ROYAL
CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY. THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL PUBLISHED HIS FIRST SERIOUS
ARTICLE IN PUBLIC POLICY IN 1955. HIS LATEST, A TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH OF ANTONIO GUEVARA Y
MENDOZA, HISTORIA DE UNO DE LOS INICIADORES DE LA REVOLUCION FILIPINA WAS PUBLISHED BY
THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK: THE BOOK DEALS WITH THE STORIES OF ALL FILIPINO. IT BEGINS AS
THE STORY OF OUR ANCESTORS, THEIR DIFFERENTIATION INTO MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS, AND
THEN THE DIVISION OF THE NON-MUSLIMS INTO CHRISTIAN AND NON-CHRISTIANS.