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Margaret Landon

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Margaret Landon (September 7, 1903 – December 4, 1993) was an American writer best remembered for Anna and the King of Siam, her best-selling 1944 novel of the life of Anna Leonowens which eventually sold over a million copies and was translated into more than twenty languages. [1]

28 relations: Alexandria, Virginia, Anna and the King (TV series), Anna and the King of Siam (novel), Anna Leonowens, CBS, Evanston Township High School, Evanston, Illinois, Free Thai Movement, Library of Congress, Methodism, Mongkut, Office of Strategic Services, Oscar Hammerstein II, Political fiction, Presbyterianism, Richard Rodgers, Samantha Eggar, Seni Pramoj, Somers, Wisconsin, Thailand, The King and I, Trang, Thailand, United States Department of State, Wheaton College (Illinois), Wheaton, Illinois, World War II, Yul Brynner, 20th Century Fox.

Alexandria, Virginia

Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Anna and the King (TV series)

Anna and the King is a television sitcom that aired Sunday nights at 7:30 pm (EST) on CBS as part of its 1972 fall lineup.

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Anna and the King of Siam (novel)

Anna and the King is a 1944 semi-fictionalized biographical novel by Margaret Landon.

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Anna Leonowens

Anna Harriette Emma Leonowens (born Anna Harriette Emma Edwards; 5 November 1831 – 19 January 1915) was an Anglo-Indian or Indian-born English travel writer, educator and social activist.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Evanston Township High School

Evanston Township High School (ETHS) District 202, is a four-year public high school occupying a campus in Evanston, Illinois, a north suburb of Chicago along the Lake Michigan shore.

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Evanston, Illinois

Evanston is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, north of downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north.

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Free Thai Movement

The Free Thai Movement (เสรีไทย) was a Thai underground resistance movement against Imperial Japan during World War II.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Mongkut

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramenthra Maha Mongkut Phra Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua (พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรมหามงกุฎ พระจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว), or Rama IV, known in English-speaking countries as King Mongkut (18 October 18041 October 1868), was the fourth monarch of Siam (Thailand) under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1851 to 1868.

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Office of Strategic Services

The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was a wartime intelligence agency of the United States during World War II, and a predecessor of the modern Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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Oscar Hammerstein II

Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals for almost forty years.

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Political fiction

Political fiction employs narrative to comment on political events, systems and theories.

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Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism is a part of the reformed tradition within Protestantism which traces its origins to Britain, particularly Scotland, and Ireland.

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Richard Rodgers

Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American composer of music, with over 900 songs and 43 Broadway musicals, leaving a legacy as one of the most significant composers of 20th century American music.

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Samantha Eggar

Samantha Eggar (born 5 March 1939) is an English-American film, stage, television, and voice actress.

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Seni Pramoj

Mom Rajawongse Seni Pramoj (26 May 190528 July 1997) (หม่อมราชวงศ์เสนีย์ ปราโมช,, pronunciation) was three times the prime minister of Thailand and a politician in the Democrat Party.

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Somers, Wisconsin

Somers is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.

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The King and I

The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II.

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Trang, Thailand

Trang, also called Mueang Thap Thiang (เมืองทับเที่ยง), is the capital of Trang Province, Thailand.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department that advises the President and represents the country in international affairs and foreign policy issues.

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Wheaton College (Illinois)

Wheaton College is a Christian, residential liberal arts college and graduate school in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb 25 miles (40 km) west of Chicago.

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Wheaton, Illinois

Wheaton is a suburban city in Milton and Winfield Townships and is the county seat of DuPage County, Illinois.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner (born Yuliy Borisovich Briner, Юлий Борисович Бринер; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985)Record of Yul Brynner, #108-18-2984.

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20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, doing business as 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio currently owned by 21st Century Fox.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Landon

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