![]() They travelled extensively in the following four years, including a spell living in America, and it was in this time most of his enduring work was written, not least ‘The Jungle Book’ and ‘The Second Jungle Book’. ![]() In 1892 he married Caroline Balestier, an American. Returning to England in 1889, Kipling settled in London and continued to earn a living as a writer. ‘The Phantom Rickshaw’, ‘Soldiers Three’ and ‘Under the Deodars’ are amongst these early works. His reputation as a writer was established with stories of English life in India, published there in 1888/9. Kipling returned to India in 1882 to work as an assistant editor for the Civil and Military Gazette of Lahore. A life of misery at the former was described in his story 'Baa Baa Black Sheep', whilst Westward Ho was used as a basis for his questioning the public school ethic in 'Stalky and Co'. ![]() Aged six, he was sent to England to be educated, firstly in Southsea, where he was cared for in a foster home, and later at Westward Ho, a United Services College in Devon. ![]() Author biography: Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Joseph Kipling was born in the then named Bombay, India on 30th December 1865. ![]()
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