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Education & Teaching

Barnhouse, Dorothy

Vinton, Victoria

Schools & Teaching

Heinemann

The Jungle Law

Literature & Fiction

World Literature

Anchor Canada

The recipient of an Artist Fellowship from the New York Foundation of the Arts, acclaimed short fiction writer Victoria Vinton crafts a remarkable debut novel. Much like Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Hours, and other recent bestsellers, The Jungle Law fictionalizes the life of an extraordinarily creative person. Young Rudyard Kipling, privileged son of a well-connected British family, lives a life of luxury in Bombay. But when he is separated from his family and sent to live in a desolate foster home at the age of six, he develops ideas and attitudes that shape his entire worldview. When a 26-year old Kipling arrives in 1892 Vermont, a story is germinating in his fertile mind-the story of a jungle boy named Mowgli. Vinton's compelling novel captures the sights and sounds of Kipling's unique world while telling a tale that fascinates from first word to last, and veteran narrator Henry Strozier's skillful performance enhances this rich work.

Jungle Law

Genre Fiction

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Literary

Macadam Cage Pub

Blending elements of fact and fiction, a debut novel chronicles the 1892 arrival of a nearly penniless Rudyard Kipling and his pregnant young wife in Vermont, his complex relationship with his neighbors, the Connollys, and his struggle to bring to life his story of a feral child raised by wild animals, a work that became The Jungle Books. 75,000 first printing.

In the summer of 1892, 26-year-old Rudyard Kipling arrives in Vermont with little money, a pregnant wife, and the germ of a story about a feral child raised by a pack of wolves. Fleeing the literary high life in London, he hopes to build a sanctuary that will offer him refuge from the scrutiny incurred by his burgeoning fame and the wounds of his own troubled past. Kipling soon settles into his new home and sets to work on The Jungle Book, eventually introducing his young neighbor, Joe, to the likes of Mowgli, Shere Khan, and Baloo. As Kipling’s stories take root in Joe’s mind, the child is able to free himself from the confines of his dismal life, newly enlivened by the powerful and unsettling influence of the imagination.

Contemporary

Lawson Library

Warming Up by Bits & Pieces: Milla and Mallory's Magical Adventure

Children's Books

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Independently published

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