Landon, Margaret, 1903-1993.
Person
Biographical Statement
Margaret Landon (September 7, 1903 – December 4, 1993) was an American writer who became famous for Anna and the King of Siam, her 1944 novel of the life of Anna Leonowens. Her book on Leonowens was published in 1944 and became an instant bestseller. It eventually sold over a million copies and was published in more than twenty languages. In 1950, Mrs. Landon sold the musical play rights to Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammenstein II, who created the musical The King and I from her book. A later work, Never Dies the Dream, about her own experiences, appeared in 1949.
Born as Margaret Dorothea Mortenson to Anenus Duabus "A.D." and Adelle Mortensen in Somers, Wisconsin, she was one of three daughters in a devout Methodist family. The family moved to Evanston, Illinois, where she graduated from Evanston Township High School in 1921. She attended Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, graduating in 1925. She taught school for a year, then married Kenneth Landon, who she knew from Wheaton, and in 1927 they signed up as Presbyterian missionaries to Thailand. Between 1927-1937, in addition to having three children, Margaret Schoeherr, Carol Pearson, and William, while also running a mission school in Trang, Landon read extensively about the country. During her readings, she learned about Leonowens. When the family returned to America in 1937, she soon began writing articles and then began researching material for a book on Leonowens. The family moved to Washington, D.C. in 1942 when her husband joined the United States Department of State as an expert adviser on Southeast Asia. In 1947, Kenneth authored "Southeast Asia, Crossroad of Religion," subsequently reprinted in 1969 and 1974. He also wrote "The Chinese in Thailand" and "Siam in Transition." Her 4th child, Kenneth, Jr., was born in Washington, D.C. He followed the lead of his parents and took up writing about his own field of interest, releasing a weighty (904 pages) tome, "God of Glory: The Promise of Relationship" in 1992. Margaret Landon was married sixty-seven years. She died in Alexandria, Virginia, December 4, 1993, aged 90, leaving 13 grandchildren and twenty-five great grandchildren. One of her great grandchildren is also a writer. Mrs. Landon is interred in Wheaton Cemetery in Illinois.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_LandonFound in 573 Collections and/or Records:
Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: More on the Furniture (hour 42, clip 3)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: Mr. and Mrs. Snyder (hour 43, clip 2)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: Mrs. Norwood's Sleepwalking (hour 44, clip 12)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: Ms. McCague Returned (hour 44, clip 3)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: Nakon Sri Tamarat, Miss McCague's, Tour with Snyder (hour 42, clip 11)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: Pakai and the School (hour 45, clip 1)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: Peggy's Birthday (hour 44, clip 5)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: Peggy's First Christmas (hour 44, clip 16)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: Peggy's Near Death Experience and Related Stories (hour 47, clip 1)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: Some First Impressions at Nakhon Sri Tamarat (hour 43, clip 5)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: tea for Kenneth's Birthday and Wattana (hour 42, clip 5)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: The Dinner Margaretta Wells Put On (hour 44, clip 10)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: The Issue with Water (hour 43, clip 3)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: The Landon's Move to Nakhon Sri Tamarat (hour 42, clip 10)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: the McDaniels and Care for Lepers (hour 43, clip 4)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: The Number of New Year's Celebrations (hour 41, clip 12)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: Transfer to Trang, Kenneth Was Secretary at Meetings (hour 44, clip 11)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: Vacation in Nong Khae, the Jellyfish and the Buffalo (hour 47, clip 2)
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Landon Chronicles (1928): Siam: Woman with Mental Difficulties (hour 43, clip 9)
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Landon Chronicles (1929-1930): Margaret and Kenneth on How She Learned About Anna Leonowens (hour 74, clip 6)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): College Church Split (hour 50, clip 4)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Ah Sim and the Market (hour 50, clip 8)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Awful Dinner Nai Dit Prepared (hour 45, clip 19)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Baby Bill Caught the Mop (hour 49, clip 15)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Conflict with Mrs. Snyder, Yard Work, Gospel Books (hour 45, clip 15)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Coolie Said He was Going to Quit (hour 45, clip 14)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Culture Shock: Polygamy (hour 45, clip 21)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Difficulties Raising the Children (hour 46, clip 1)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Dr E. P. Dunlap Continually Tried to Make Life Better (hour 48, clip 7)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Dr. McCain and Dr. McDaniel and Their Work with Lepers (hour 45, clip 18)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Health Insurance and Visitors to Trang (hour 52, clip 12)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth and Margaret Entertained the Church (hour 49, clip 11)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth and Margaret Visit the Prison (hour 45, clip 4)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth Became Ill at Chong (hour 49, clip 1)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth Found a Reliable Assistant (hour 49, clip 5)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth Had Trouble with His Servants (hour 49, clip 12)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth Inspired the Buddhist Priests (hour 50, clip 14)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth Wanted to Preach at the Eclipse (hour 49, clip 3)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth's Experience with the Negritos (hour 48, clip 6)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth's Friendship with Siamese Officials (hour 46, clip 5)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth's Letter and Comments on Chong (hour 48, clip 1)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth's Letter: His First Game of Golf (hour 52, clip 9)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth's Letter: Nong Khae (hour 52, clip 8)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth's Letter: Suzy the Dog (hour 52, clip 4)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth's Letter to Adelle (hour 51, clip 9)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth's Mother Died (hour 50, clip 5)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth's Third Tour (hour 46, clip 3)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Kenneth's Tour to Ban Don (hour 45, clip 7)
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Lepers Caught a King Cobra (hour 47, clip 5)
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Identifier: LC47-05
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Landon Chronicles (1929): Siam: Ma Pawm and Ah Sim (hour 51, clip 1)
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