American notes vs From sea to sea; letters of travel: Which Should You Read?

American notes Rudyard Kipling · 1890 68 pages · ≈ 1 h 16 m · Challenging

An account of America from Rudyard Kipling while visiting San Francisco in the late 1800s.

From sea to sea; letters of travel Rudyard Kipling · 1889 ★★★★☆ 3.6 512 pages · ≈ 9 h 29 m · Challenging

“AFTER seven years it pleased Necessity, whom we all serve, to turn to me and say: Now you need do Nothing Whatever.”

Galley proofs, corrected in Kipling's hand, in preparation for the 1899 ed. of "From sea to sea." Only "Letters from Marque" was retained in the published version. The other parts were not published in book form until…