Angry Days in Mindanao: The Philippine Revolution and the War against the U.S. in East and NE Mindanao 1897-1908. 2e. by Peter Schreurs, MSC. From the Foreword. The first edition of this work was published in 1987 by San Carlos Publications, University of San Carlos, Cebu City. Since that edition is out of print by now, a new one is undertaken in the context of the first centennial commemorations (1998-1999) of the Philippine Revolution. The contents are wholly the same as in the first version: the reverberation of that Revolution and the subsequent American occupation in east and northeast Mindanao from 1897 till 1901... These pages are strictly intended as local history, covering the areas of the present two Surigao and two Agusan Provinces, plus a part of Davao Oriental. Other locations and events enter at times into the picture only in so far as they are relevant to the story and area in focus.
The first and the second edition were undertaken because… the author… believes that it can shed light on an important segment of local time which otherwise might remain unremembered or wrongly interpreted. The reasons why this could happen (and has happened) are the following: …The unavailability (for many) of the documents used: some published Spanish sources and many widely scattered unpublished records in Manila and Spain. Moreover, the published sources are sometimes incomplete, or found to be in error, and in need to be supplemented or
corrected by the use of authentic and primary documents.
