Second Jungle Book

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Rudyard Kipling, 'The Second Jungle Book'.The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. First published in 1895, it features five stories about Mowgli and three unrelated stories, all but one set in India, most of which Kipling wrote while living in Vermont. All of the stories were previously published in magazines in 1894-5, often under different titles. The original book is now worth $3.4 million.Joseph Rudyard Kipling an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old.Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "e;The Man Who Would Be King"e; (1888). His poems include "e;Mandalay"e; (1890), "e;Gunga Din"e; (1890), "e;The Gods of the Copybook Headings"e; (1919), "e;The White Man's Burden"e; (1899), and "e;If "e; (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "e;a versatile and luminous narrative gift"e;.