The story of Anna Leonowens, tutor to the children and slaves of the King of Siam from 1862-1867. Her story was immortalized in the classic musical and film "The King and I." There is a fascinating note by the author at the end of the book telling how she came to write the book.

This is the first Literary Guild edition, published in 1944, as is evident by the cheap wartime paper and small print. Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co Inc.  Red cloth covers with gray spine. Red decorations and gilt lettering on spine. Illustrations by Margaret Ayer. 360 pages.  8vo (ca. 8.75"tall)

Darkening of the spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Owner's name on front endpaper. No dust jacket. Ring on front cover where drink was set at one time.

Used in the Sonlight 7 curriculum.

jacket. : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book

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