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    American Notes

    By Rudyard Kipling

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    It is hardly fair to Mr. Kipling to call American Notes first impressions, for one reading them will readily see that the impressions are superficial, little thought being put upon the writing. They seem super-sarcastic, and would lead one to believe that Mr. Kipling is antagonistic to America in every respect. This, however, is not true. These Notes aroused much protest and severe criticism when they appeared in 1891, and are considered so far beneath Mr. Kipling's real work that they have been nearly suppressed and are rarely found in a list of his writings.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStart Classics
    Release dateDec 1, 2013
    ISBN9781627939003
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    Rudyard Kipling

    Rudyard Kipling was born in India in 1865. After intermittently moving between India and England during his early life, he settled in the latter in 1889, published his novel The Light That Failed in 1891 and married Caroline (Carrie) Balestier the following year. They returned to her home in Brattleboro, Vermont, where Kipling wrote both The Jungle Book and its sequel, as well as Captains Courageous. He continued to write prolifically and was the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 but his later years were darkened by the death of his son John at the Battle of Loos in 1915. He died in 1936.

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      Highly sarcastic in spots, some absolutely gorgeous descriptions of scenery, cities, and people. I found the politics described in the San Fran section very amusing, mostly because they were so familiar - the attitudes and opinions of the handlers and the voters. San Fran and Buffalo were the most interesting, because I'm more familiar with them - I've never spent much time in Chicago. Or Yellowstone, but there descriptions differ only in details. His are lovely, but what he's describing is familiar from many many other sources... Actually, his descriptions of travel were reminding me of the stuff I saw in the Tahoe museums, about the early days at the lake - wagons and horses, multiple days of travel, and so on. Kipling is very sarcastic about America's defenses, which was interesting to read so soon after 9/11. Though he's talking mostly about bombardment from ships off the coast - and repeatedly commenting that it's too bad England is at peace with America. Also interesting that he points out China as a maritime danger - wonder if this kind of thinking contributed to the anti-Japanese hysteria after Pearl Harbor.