Agnes Newton Keith
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Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
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Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada
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Three Came Home'' (1947)
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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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