Captains Courageous

2018 Reprint of 1898 Edition. Protagonist Harvey Cheyne Jr. is the son of a wealthy railroad magnate and his wife in San Diego California. Washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by fishermen off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland Harvey can neither persuade them to take him quickly to port nor convince them of his wealth. Through a series of trials and adventures Harvey with the help of the captains son Dan Troop becomes acclimated to the fishing lifestyle and even skillful. Eventually the schooner returns to port and Harvey wires his parents who immediately hasten to Boston Massachusetts and thence to the fishing town of Gloucester to recover him. There Harveys mother rewards the seaman Manuel who initially rescued her son; Harveys father hires Dan to work on his prestigious tea clipper fleet; and Harvey goes to Stanford to prepare for taking over his fathers shipping lines. Readers of all ages have delighted in Kiplings engaging maritime yarn since its initial appearance in 1897. The authors only novel to unfold in an American setting this lively tale resounds with Kiplings customary blend of adventure and humor. It remains irresistible invitation to a master storytellers enduring tale of a boys initiation into adulthood.