Wolcott Balestier
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Wolcott Balestier was an American
writer and editor notable primarily through his connection to Rudyard Kipling
.
His first work was a novel entitled A Patent Philter, which was published serially in the daily New York Tribune
in 1884. In 1886 he published A Victorious Defeat. Together with Rudyard Kipling he published The Naulahka posthumously in 1892.
Balestier died in 1891, a victim of typhoid fever
. That same year, his sister Carrie Balestier married Kipling.
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writer and editor notable primarily through his connection to Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature...
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His first work was a novel entitled A Patent Philter, which was published serially in the daily New York Tribune
New York Tribune
The New York Tribune was an American newspaper, first established by Horace Greeley in 1841, which was long considered one of the leading newspapers in the United States...
in 1884. In 1886 he published A Victorious Defeat. Together with Rudyard Kipling he published The Naulahka posthumously in 1892.
Balestier died in 1891, a victim of typhoid fever
Typhoid fever
Typhoid fever, also known as Typhoid, is a common worldwide bacterial disease, transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person, which contain the bacterium Salmonella enterica, serovar Typhi...
. That same year, his sister Carrie Balestier married Kipling.