"Captains Courageous": Original and Unabridged Contributor(s): Kipling, Rudyard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1499744544 ISBN-13: 9781499744545 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
Lexile Measure: 850 |
Physical Information: 0.35" H x 5" W x 7.99" (0.37 lbs) 150 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |