http://almostchosenpeople.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/kipling-and-the-yanks/ A blog about American History, and the development of a great Nation Mon, 20 May 2013 17:27:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://almostchosenpeople.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/kipling-and-the-yanks/#comment-3425 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:31:43 +0000 http://almostchosenpeople.wordpress.com/?p=5486#comment-3425

]]> http://almostchosenpeople.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/kipling-and-the-yanks/#comment-3424 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:03:15 +0000 http://almostchosenpeople.wordpress.com/?p=5486#comment-3424 The best compliment Kipling ever paid the USA, in my view, is the magnificent short novel CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS. I had the good fortune to read it as a child in a magnificent translation by someone who understood both nautical jargon and the various dialects spoken by the various characters, and I have loved it all my life.

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