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The Jungle Book: References & Edit History

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  • Gitanjali Roy
    Gitanjali Roy is senior editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica. She has over two decades of editorial experience across digital and broadcast media. 

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Modified link of Web site: Academia - The Jungle Books: Rudyard Kipling's Lamarckian Fantasy (PDF). Jan 07, 2025
Article thoroughly revised and updated. Jan 06, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - The Jungle Books: Rudyard Kipling's Lamarckian Fantasy (PDF). Sep 01, 2023
Add new Web site: Internet Archive - "The Jungle Book". Sep 14, 2022
Add new Web site: The Literature Network - "The Jungle Book". Jun 18, 2015
Add new Web site: The University of Adelaide - "The Jungle Book". Jun 18, 2015
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - "The Jungle Book". Mar 15, 2012
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