Captains Courageous
by Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: Project Gutenberg 2000
ISBN/ASIN: 1453857516
Description:
The only one of Kipling's novels to be cast in an American setting, Captains Courageous endures as one of literature's most cherished and memorable sea adventures. Harvey Cheyne, spoiled millionaire's son, tumbles overboard from a luxury liner -- only to be rescued by the crew of a Gloucester schooner. Thus begins the boy's second voyage into the rugged rites and ways of sailors.
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