Rudyard Kipling's 1897 novel Captains Courageous follows the adventures and subsequent growth of the spoiled young son of a railroad tycoon. Aboard a fishing boat after being washed off his transatlantic steamship, Harvey Cheyne Jr. is unable to convince his rescuers to return him to shore. Instead the captain offers him a place in the crew and, given that he has no other choice, the boy accepts.
| ISBN: | 9781775569893 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2009 |
| Author: | Kipling, Rudyard |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press |
| Format: | Ebook (PDF) |