Blended Heritage and Cultures: My Appointment with Destiny from Natividad to Dover

Beginning with a letter to his oldest grandchild, Dr. Rafael A. Zaragoza reveals how their family is a nice blend of Filipino, Spanish, Italian, German, and Polish heritage. He himself is Filipino while his wife, Claire, is of Italian and German heritage. What follows is a rich memoir of the author’s home country, the Philippines, including a brief preface of the county’s earlier years, the Spanish colonization, the Philippine revolution, the country’s beautiful islands, its culture, and tr...