http://igorotblogger.com/2006/08/reading-albert-jenks-bontoc-igorot.html A news and information blog on the Igorots/iCordilleras Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:38:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://igorotblogger.com/2006/08/reading-albert-jenks-bontoc-igorot.html#comment-3258 Anonymous Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:26:00 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=23#comment-3258 Are you aware that his wife's letters home, written during the time that she was in the Philippines with her husband, have been compiled into a book? It's a really good read. She is occasionally a little ethnocentric, there's a little bit of "save the savages" in it, but I like to give her a break. Considering she was a young girl from Wisconsin who had never travelled, her account is pretty open-minded. She often lambastes the American establishment there as well, and does have some admiration for the natives. The book also goes further than the Bontoc Igorot, in that she also chronicles their other travels through Luzon and their trip to Mindanao. It's a great travel narrative. Sadly, it seems most of her letters were lost, but there's still a lot there. Are you aware that his wife’s letters home, written during the time that she was in the Philippines with her husband, have been compiled into a book? It’s a really good read. She is occasionally a little ethnocentric, there’s a little bit of “save the savages” in it, but I like to give her a break. Considering she was a young girl from Wisconsin who had never travelled, her account is pretty open-minded. She often lambastes the American establishment there as well, and does have some admiration for the natives. The book also goes further than the Bontoc Igorot, in that she also chronicles their other travels through Luzon and their trip to Mindanao. It’s a great travel narrative. Sadly, it seems most of her letters were lost, but there’s still a lot there.

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