From Sea to Sea and other sketches (vol I)

Kipling, Rudyard

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Macmillan Pocket Kipling: I want to go Home! I want to go back to India! I am miserable. The steamship Nawab at this time of the year ought to have been empty, instead of which we have one hundred first-class passengers and sixty-six second. All the pretty girls are in the latter class. -from No. VI Though he achieved lasting fame with his children’s tale The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling left us with a vast array of writing that has fallen into sad-and unwarranted-obscurity. This collection of notes and essays on his world travels reveals a man bursting with self-deprecating wit, keen observational powers, and an intelligent awareness of his own cultural biases and prejudices. First published in 1899, this volume serves as a delightful reminder of Kipling’s genius, and includes: . an account of attending the theater in Japan and visiting Shinto shrines . an exploration of India’s “city of elephants” and a meeting with “the naughty children of Iquique” . notes on a journey to San Francisco and the taking of tea with the “natives” there . an explanation of how to “manufacture ethnological theories at railroad speed” and much more.

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Publisher
Macmillan and Co
Publisher City
London
Year
1928
Edition
pocket
Format
h/b
Author
Kipling, Rudyard
SKU
IYC132325
Categories
Condition
Fine, no d/j, red soft leather boards good, with gilt spine titling and cover elephant design bright; gilt top edges; pages unmarked and tight.
Size
18mo (170 x 100 / 6_" x 4")
Page Count
497
ISBN