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Captains Courageous

Author
Rudyard Kipling
Series
Children's Classics
Language
English
Length
136 pages
ISBN
9781910558317
Published
15 September 2014
Imprint
Fantastica
  • transformation
  • sea adventure
  • humility
  • responsibility
  • fishermen
  • Grand Banks
  • Newfoundland
  • life lessons
  • camaraderie
  • hard work

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Description

In "Captains Courageous," Rudyard Kipling tells the riveting tale of Harvey Cheyne Jr., a spoiled, wealthy boy who is washed overboard from a luxury ocean liner and rescued by fishermen off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Under the stern yet compassionate guidance of the schooner's Captain Troop, Harvey undergoes a dramatic transformation. Through hard work and the harsh realities of life at sea, Harvey learns the values of humility, responsibility, and respect for the camaraderie of those who live by the catch. Kipling's novel is a timeless ode to the sea and the making of a man.

Author

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was one of the supreme storytellers in English — a Nobel laureate whose Jungle Books, Kim, and Just So Stories made childhood myth out of British India and the wider imperial world. He wrote with an unmatched ear for speech, rhythm, and craft: animals that argue like people, boys who learn the roads, ballads that stick in the mind.

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