Toomai of the Elephants
Illustration by John Lockwood Kipling (Rudyard's father)
"Toomai of the Elephants" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling about a young elephant-handler. It was first published in St Nicholas Magazine (December 1893) and reprinted in the collection of Kipling short stories, The Jungle Book (1894).[1]
The story was filmed in 1937 as Elephant Boy directed by Robert J. Flaherty and Zoltan Korda starring Sabu Dastagir.
References
- ↑ "Toomai of the Elephants". Reader's Guide. The Kipling Society. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
Notes edited by Alan Underwood and John Radcliffe
- Toomai of the Elephants. London: Macmillan and Co., 1937 ("the photographs illustrating this edition are from the London Film Production «Elephant Boy» ... most of these photographs were taken in India by Mrs. F. H. Flaherty.")
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- The story and notes on kipling.org.uk
- Toomai of the Elephants — Online eBook format (public domain)
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