An Almanac of Twelve Sports

By Rudyard Kipling

An Almanac of Twelve Sports is first published in late 1897, the included calendar was for 1898 and subsequent editions had a calendar appropriate for the year following publication. Only the month is printed on the same page as the picture. Each month's verse is printed on the reverse of the picture of the preceding month, so that it is opposite its own picture when the book is open.

• Language: English
• Publisher: anboco
• Release date: Aug 22, 2016
• ISBN: 9783736408548

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author and poet who began writing in India and shortly found his work celebrated in England. An extravagantly popular, but critically polarizing, figure even in his own lifetime, the author wrote several books for adults and children that have become classics, Kim, The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, Captains Courageous and others. Although taken to task by some critics for his frequently imperialistic stance, the author’s best work rises above his era’s politics. Kipling refused offers of both knighthood and the position of Poet Laureate, but was the first English author to receive the Nobel prize.

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