Subjects: Sea stories, Fishers -- Fiction, Rescues -- Fiction, Saltwater fishing -- Fiction, Fishing boats -- Fiction, Grand Banks of Newfoundland -- Fiction, Bildungsromans, Children of the rich -- Fiction, Teenage boys -- Fiction, PR, I
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Captains Courageous is an 1897 novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. Washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by fishermen on the Grand Banks, the young Harvey cannot persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince them of his wealth. However, the Captain of the We're Here, Disko Troop, offers him a job as part of the crew until they return to port ...
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