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Collection:
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Adult Nonfiction |
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Call Number:
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920 Kipling |
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Author:
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Benfey, Christopher E. G. |
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Title:
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If |
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Remainder of title:
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the untold story of Kipling's American years |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"Rudyard Kipling once towered over not just English literature, but indeed the entire literary world. In 1907, at just forty-two, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming its youngest winner and the first in the English language. Today, however, when he is read, if indeed he is read at all, it is regarding the history of colonial India, his birthplace and the setting of some his most famous work, and to a lesser extent England, his ancestral home. But, in fact, Kipling's most prodigious and creative period took place in America, which was also his preferred home. It was here, on the crest of a Vermont hillside overlooking the Connecticut River, that Kipling wrote both The Jungle Book and Captains Courageous. And here where his ascent to fame was most rapid. Almost certainly, he would have stayed in the United States, understanding himself not just to be an American but a particularly American artist, had a family dispute not forced his departure in 1896. Steeped in the history of the Gilded Age, Christopher Benfey brings to life in fresh revelatory detail American Kipling, tracing a great but today deeply unfashionable writer's intense personal, political, and artistic involvement with the United States. He offers an overdue reminder of Kipling's extraordinary influence in his own lifetime, as well as a compelling portrait of the American artists and writers he both influenced and was influence by, including William James and, in particular, Mark Twain--who Kipling sought out specifically as kindred spirit when he first arrived, and before long had eclipsed in literary fame and critical estimation. Intertwining biography, criticism, and history, IF restores judiciously a true story of great American artistry"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9780735221437 |
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Canceled/invalid ISBN:
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9780735221437 (hardback) |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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n-us--- |
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Geographic area code:
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e-uk-en |
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Classification number:
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PR4856 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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828/.809 |
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Classification number:
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B |
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Source of number:
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bisacsh |
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Classification number:
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BIO007000 |
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Classification number:
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HIS036040 |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1954- |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Christopher Benfey. |
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Place of publication:
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New York |
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Name of publisher:
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Penguin Press |
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Date of publication:
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2019 |
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Projected publication date:
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1907 |
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New York : |
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Penguin Press, |
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2019. |
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Extent:
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242 p.; 23.5 cm. |
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text |
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txt |
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computer |
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rdacarrier |
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online resource |
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nc |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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Donation - Andrew Fenniman 9/30/19 |
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Purchase price:
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28.00 |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
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Personal name:
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Kipling, Rudyard, |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1865-1936 |
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General subdivision:
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Travel |
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Geographic subdivision:
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United States. |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Subject:
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Authors, English |
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Subject:
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Authors, English |
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Subject:
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Literature and society |
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Subject:
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. |
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Subject:
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HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. |
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Form subdivision:
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Biography. |
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Form subdivision:
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Biography. |
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General subdivision:
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History |
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Chronological subdivision:
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19th century |
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Chronological subdivision:
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20th century |
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Chronological subdivision:
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19th century. |
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Geographic subdivision:
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United States |
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Main entry heading:
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Benfey, Christopher E. G., 1954- author. |
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Place, publisher, and date of publication:
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New York : Penguin Press, 2019 |
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Print version: |
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Title:
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If |
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Record control number:
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(DLC) 2018058060 |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9780735221437 |
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undetermined |
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ecip book |
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policy default |
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ecip ebook 2018-12-17 |
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Eric Wechter; phone: 212-366-2702; email: ewechter@penguinrandomhouse.com; bc: tespinoza@penguinrandomhouse.com |
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