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Illustrated by Frank McIntosh's cover for Asia Magazine of the Taj Mahal; Rudyard Kipling, 1865 – 1936 was a British author and poet. Born in Bombay, in British India, he is best k nown for his works of fiction The Jungle Book (1894) (a collection of stories which includes Rikki-Tikki-Tavi), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888); and his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), and If— (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story" Show more