Captains courageous (1896), by Rudyard Kipling(novel)
Overview
Captains Courageous is an 1897 novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the north Atlantic. The novel originally appeared as a serialisation in McClure's, beginning with the November 1896 edition. The adventures of Harvey Chaney Jr., an arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. Washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by fishermen on the Grand Banks, Harvey cannot persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince them of his wealth. However, the captain of a passing schooner offers him a job as crew until they return to port. With no other choice, Harvey accepts, and there begins a series of trials and adventures where the boy learns to adjust to his rough new life, and takes the first steps towards becoming a man.
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- ISBN-13: 9781530838172
- ISBN-10: 1530838177
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: April 2016
- Dimensions: 10 x 7.99 x 0.22 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.49 pounds
- Page Count: 104
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