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There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Meindert DeJong

Born: March 4, 1906
Died: July 16, 1991 (aged 85)
Bio: Meindert De Jong, sometimes spelled de Jong, DeJong or Dejong was a Dutch-born American writer of children's books. He won the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1962 for his contributions as a children's writer.
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