In what year was the writer of the 1887 story "Kidnapped" born?
Kidnapped (short story) The Rudyard Kipling story "Kidnapped" was first published in the "Civil and Military Gazette" on March 21, 1887, in the first Indian edition of "Plain Tales from the Hills" (1888), and in subsequent editions of that collection.
John Metcalfe (writer) William John Metcalfe (6 October 1891 – 31 July 1965) was a teacher, short story writer and novelist from England, who twice emigrated to the United States.