Captains Courageous (Oxford World's Classics)
by Rudyard Kipling, John Seelye
3.5
(25 ratings)161 pages1896Oxford University Press, USAISBN 9780192837400
ClassicsAdventureYoung AdultFictionLiteratureComicsFictionAdventureYoung AdultAdventure storiesBoysGeneralJuvenile FictionFishersChildren of the richBildungsromans
About this book
Captains Courageous tells of 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. He must work as a ship's boy for a fishing season after being washed overboard from an ocean liner.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 1896
- Pages
- 161
- ISBN
- 9780192837400
- Language
- en
About Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling was a British author and poet. Born in Bombay, in British India, he is best known for his works of fiction "[The Jungle Book][1]" (1894). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature. ([Source][2]) [1]: /works/OL15400121W/ [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling
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