On this episode of Our American Stories the life of the youngest-ever winner of the Nobel Prize for literature Rudyard Kipling was filled with tragedy He survived a difficult childhood to go on to become one of the most celebrated authors of his day penning such classics as The Jungle Book and Just So Stories Here's The History Guy with the story of Rudyard Kipling Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]