Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English author and poet, born in India, and best known today for his children's books, including "The Jungle Book" (1894), "The Second Jungle Book" (1895), "Just So Stories" (1902), and "Puck of Pook's Hill" (1906); his novel, "Kim" (1901); his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), and "If—" (1910); and his many short stories, … Wikipedia
In Kipling's work, as in his life, the British Empire assumed a complex mythical or legendary function, which he passed on to his readers. www.victorianweb.org/authors/kipling/rkimperialism.html
...Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 Non-Fiction American Notes Book of Words, A France at War Fringes of the Fleet, The From Sea to Sea Irish Guards in the Great... whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard...
In researching the matter, I discovered an excellent essay by long-time fan Fred Lerner, A Master of our Art: Rudyard Kipling considered as a Science Fiction writer which develops this case in detail. esr.ibiblio.org/?p=234
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Rudyard Kipling. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling
...: Distributed Proofreaders Rudyard Kipling by John Palmer Help Read online Bibliographic Record Creator Palmer, John, 1885-1944 Title Rudyard Kipling Language English EText-No... . www.gutenberg.org/etext/18045
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