My Boy Jack?
The Search for Kipling's Only Son

If you like Kipling, this book will give you a deeper insight into his writing, particularly his poetry about war. I very much enjoyed the part of this book that tied his work in honoring the dead from WWI, his personal quest to locate his dear son John, and his literature. One word of warning: The......more

Interesting read about Rudyard Kipling. Inconclusive on whether or not his son's body John was ever actually located. Nevertheless Rudyard, Carrie and Elsie are all gone so it doesn't mean as much now.......more

This was an OK book, with some excellent analysis at the end to question whether or not John Kipling's body has truly been properly marked. But, until one gets to that rather excellent detective work there is little else praiseworthy here. My first complaint is the formatting at least for my edition......more

Apart from the misleading title, as John Kipling was never called Jack and the famous poem of that title was written about Jack Cornwell VC who died at the Battle of Jutland, this is a competently written account - and the only one - of the life and legacy of Rudyard Kipling's young son, sadly young......more

This nonfiction work is better than the rather thin novel covering the same material that was published in 2012. The story itself is a heartbreaker. The death of young John Kipling in the trenches led his parents to search for his body for years; it only turned up quite recently, identified by dogta......more