Rudyard Kipling

"Captains Courageous" Rudyard Kipling

Captains Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling, follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroadtycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the north Atlantic. Harvey can neither persuade them to take him quickly to port, nor convince them of his wealth. The captain takes him in as a boy on the crew until they return to port. Through a series of trials and adventures, Harvey, with the help of the captain's son Dan Troop, becomes acclimated to the fishing lifestyle, and even skillful.