Name: Captains Courageous
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Author: Kipling, Rudyard
ISBN: 9781605120416

Type

Physical Book

Author

Rudyard Kipling

Publisher

Akasha Classics

Year

2008

Language

English

Pages

184

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.4 cm

Weight

0.37 kg.

ISBN

1605120413

ISBN13

9781605120416

Synopsis "Captains Courageous "

From the author of The Jungle Book comes the tale of one man's life-changing summer on the high seas. When a fishing schooner rescues a young man from the ocean off Newfoundland, they don't believe his wild tales of being a millionaire's son, nor do they appreciate his spoiled and lazy manner. But Harvey Cheyne is in fact a pampered rich kid whose fall off the deck of a luxury liner has turned his world upside down. Forced to become one of the crew until the boat finishes its expedition, Harvey finds there is more to life than getting everything you want. Rudyard Kipling's fascination with the hard and often dangerous life of New England fishermen shines through in this adventure story, which will delight readers of all ages.

Rudyard Kipling

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Bombay, (1865-1936). Rudyard Kipling wrote novels, poems, and stories mainly set in India and Burma during the British rule. Kipling was a prolific and popular writer, and his literature always revolves around three axes: patriotism, the duty of the English to lead a life of intense activity, and the destiny of England, called to be a great empire. His insistence on this last aspect was undoubtedly an echo of the Victorian past, and severely damaged his reputation as a writer, despite being the first British author awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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