Kahel Press Bayani Biographies: Jose Rizal

Bayani Biographies: Jose Rizal

Description:

Who was Jose Rizal? As a kid, what did he do aside from studying? How did he survive with little money in Europe? What did he do when he won the lottery?

Today, Jose Rizal seems to be everywhere. Yet, there is more to him than the monuments and the face etched on the one-peso coin.

Learn about the curious boy who grew up to become an inspiration to a nation.

Author: John Ray Ramos

ISBN: 978-971-625-396-2

Genre: Children’s Book (Non-fiction - History)

Published: 2018

Language: English

Age Recommendation: Ages 8+

Pages: 128  

Dimensions: 135 x 180 mm

Author's Bio:

John Ray Ramos is a Philippine History instructor at the Far Eastern University Diliman and Institute of Formation and Religious Studies in Quezon City. He is a co-founder of PROYEKTO, a project-based movement for historical and heritage awareness. He served as the Chapter Commander of the Sucesos Chapter of the Order of the Knights of Rizal. Growing up in the town of Taytay, Rizal, he developed his passion for history. He finished his Bachelor’s degree in history at the University of the  Philippines Diliman and is now active in projects aimed at sharing history with teachers and the public.

Foreword:

The Bayani Biographies project, the first of which is about Jose Rizal, will undoubtedly be a significant contribution to the collective effort of awakening the historical consciousness of young Filipinos.

John Ray Ramos belongs to a generation of post-Martial Law historians who are purposefully reevaluating what they were taught in school. They are now making a collective effort to make Philippine history more relevant, if not riveting, for the Millennials, the teachers who have to deal with them, and for the public in general.

The author is proudly a co-founder of PROYEKTO and an erstwhile commander of the SUCESOS chapter of the Knights of Rizal. Both projects are pedagogical methods designed to teach history by debunking biased, out-of-context interpretations that have distorted the lives and works of our heroes, like Jose Rizal. I have perceived John Ray’s conscious effort to present our history as a denouement of events, a process that answers to what led Jose Rizal to conjure that vision of a nation, how he sacrificed his creature comforts for that ideal, and why he faced death to redeem his compatriots. I am looking forward to the second Bayani Biography by John Ray Ramos.

Gemma Cruz Araneta

19 June 2018