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Agnes Newton Keith (born Agnes Jones Goodwillie Newton; July 4, 1901 – March 30, 1982) was an American writer best known for her three autobiographical accounts of life in North Borneo (now Sabah) before, during, and after World War II. The second of these, Three Came Home, tells of her time in Japanese prisoner-of-war camp and civilian internee camp in North Borneo and Sarawak, and was made into a film of the same name in 1950. She published seven books in all.

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Agnes Newton Keith

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Agnes Newton Keith (born Agnes Jones Goodwillie Newton; July 4, 1901 – March 30, 1982) was an American writer best known for her three autobiographical...

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Harry Keith

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named in his honour. Keith was the husband of author Agnes Newton Keith. The couple had two children: a son (Henry George Newton Keith) and a daughter (Jean)...

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Agnes Keith

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Agnes Keith may refer to: Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray (c. 1540–1588) Agnes Newton Keith (1901–1982), writer This disambiguation page lists articles...

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Three Came Home

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Negulesco, based on the memoirs of the same name by writer Agnes Newton Keith. It depicts Keith's life in North Borneo in the period immediately before the...

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Agnes Keith House

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house museum in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. The museum is named after Agnes Newton Keith, an American author known for her three autobiographical accounts...

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Thane Bettany

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brother, named Peter Bettany. His godmother was the American memoirist Agnes Newton Keith, author of Three Came Home. The Bettanys knew the Rhys-Jones family...

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Martin and Osa Johnson

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com Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum website - kansastravel.org Agnes Newton Keith (1939, Reprint 2004) The Land Below the Wind Through the South Seas...

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Sabah

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Hollywood film based on the memoir of Agnes Newton Keith in her book depicting the situation of World War II in Sandakan. Keith also wrote three other books about...

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Batu Lintang camp

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Anglican Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak (internee) Agnes Newton Keith, author (internee) Harry Keith, forester and plant collector (internee) Cyril Drummond...

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List of reportedly haunted locations

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ghost is theorized to be the spirit of a known American author named Agnes Newton Keith. The house turned into a museum in 2004. Amber Court: An apartment...

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Filipinos

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term of self-identification beginning in the 18th century. In 1955, Agnes Newton Keith wrote that a 19th century edict prohibited the use of the word "Filipino"...

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Angels of Bataan

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Baños) Wilma Leona Jackson (one of five navy nurses captured on Guam) Agnes Newton Keith (American author captured and imprisoned on Borneo) Day Joyce Sheet...

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Tatsuji Suga

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other camps. Suga is described in Three Came Home, an account by Agnes Newton Keith, a female civilian internee at Batu Lintang: A little Japanese man...

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Alpha Gamma Delta

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Lewis Friess (Delta Alpha) – author, college professor, activist Agnes Newton Keith (Omicron) – author, Japanese POW/civilian internment camp survivor...

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Sandakan

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the Agnes Keith House which is located on top of the hill along Istana Street. The house is known as the former home to Harry Keith and his wife Agnes Newton...

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List of Americans of English descent

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Hitchens Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Washington Irving Henry James Agnes Newton Keith Sidney Lanier Estelle Anna Lewis Jack London Henry Wadsworth Longfellow...

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Time Reading Program

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Cushman Murphy The Wapshot Chronicle, John Cheever Three Came Home, Agnes Newton Keith Napoleon's Russian campaign, Philippe-Paul Seìoui Animal Farm, George...

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English Tea House and Restaurant

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architecture inspired by the former house of the American author, Agnes Newton Keith that is situated not far from the tea house. The building is built...

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List of 1950s films based on actual events

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of Brooke Hart Three Came Home (1950) – war drama film depicting Agnes Newton Keith's life in North Borneo in the period immediately before the Japanese...

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Ranald Graham

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Remembered: Ranald Graham". The Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2010. Agnes Newton Keith, 1947, Three Came Home 90-3 Ooi, Keat Gin, 1998, Japanese Empire in...

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List of concentration and internment camps

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have become the subject of several influential books and films. Agnes Newton Keith's account of internment on Berhala Island in Sandakan Harbour and Batu...

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