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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.
Agnes Keith House (formerly known as the Newlands) (Malay: Rumah Agnes Keith) is a historic house museum in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. The museum is named after Agnes Newton Keith, an American author known for her three autobiographical accounts of life in British North Borneo.
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- Sabah Museum
- Newlands
March 30, 1982. Genre. Memoir. edit data. Agnes Keith was born in 1901 in Illinois but grew up in Hollywood long before "Tinsel Town" became what it is today. In 1934 she married Henry ("Harry") George Keith, an Englishman whom she had first met as a childhood friend of her brother. Harry was on leave from Sandakan where he had lived since 1925 ...
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6 de jul. de 2021 · Agnes Keith was a famous American author whose books about her life in Sabah became bestsellers. (Pinterest pic) Given her husband’s important role as the company’s Agriculture Director, Agnes...
Now restored to health, the Keiths are working for the reconstruction of North Borneo. This new and difficult phase she tells of in White Man Returns, an Atlantic-Little, Brown book to be ...
When the Japanese take Borneo in 1942, Agnes Keith is captured and imprisoned with her two-year-old son. Fed on minimal rations, forced to work through recurrent bouts of malaria and fighting with rats for scraps of food, Agnes Keith's spirit never completely dies.
Agnes Newton Keith has 28 books on Goodreads with 3638 ratings. Agnes Newton Keith’s most popular book is Three Came Home.
