The fourth volume of Rudyard Kipling\'s letters continues the story of his life from the end of the Edwardian era through the Great War, a crucial period in Kipling\'s life as well as in history that would be scarred by personal and universal tragedies. In politics, the great issue was Irish home rule and the fate of Ulster. At the outbreak of the war Kipling devoted himself to the struggle. He wrote patriotic verse, made recruiting speeches, and traveled as a correspondent to the French and Italian fronts. In 1915 his only son, John, was killed in the Battle of Loos; at the same time Kipling began to suffer from the undiagnosed ulcer that would torment him for the rest of his life. His last volume of poems, \"The Years Between\", published in 1919, embodies the suffering and bitterness of these years. Original US edition hardback w/ dust jacket. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Some wear on dust jacket.