Rudyard Kipling, I. W. Taber
Captains Courageous
eBook
( Jan. 28, 2016)
"Captains Courageous" is a 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.
Washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by fishermen off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Harvey can neither persuade them to take him quickly to port, nor convince them of his wealth. Disko Troop, captain of the schooner "We're Here", offers him temporary membership in the crew until they return to port, and Harvey eventually accepts...
Washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by fishermen off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Harvey can neither persuade them to take him quickly to port, nor convince them of his wealth. Disko Troop, captain of the schooner "We're Here", offers him temporary membership in the crew until they return to port, and Harvey eventually accepts...
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