Search - Captains Courageous (Pocket Classics)

Captains Courageous - Pocket Classics
Author: Rudyard Kipling

Harvey Cheyne is the over-indulged son of a millionaire. When he falls overboard from an ocean liner he is rescued by a Portuguese fisherman and, initially against his will, joins the crew of the We're Here for a summer. Through the medium of an exciting adventure story, Captains Courageous (1897) deals with a boy who like Mowgli in The Jung...  more »le Book, is thrown into an entirely alien environment. The superstitious, magical world of the sea and the tough, orderly, physical world of the boat form a backdrop to Harvey's regeneration. Kipling describes the fascination skills of the schooner fishermen who would soon be made redundant by the twentieth century, and makes the ship function as a convincing model for a society engaged in a difficult and dangerous task. The introduction to this edition examines its place among other maritime novels and among Kipling's own work, and explanatory notes clarify the seafaring terms and historical and geographical references.  « less

Post This Book

Login | Register

ISBN-13: 9780883017258
ISBN-10: 0883017253
Publication Date: 6/1985
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Rating:

  ?

0 stars, based on 0 rating

Publisher: X-S Books
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

• Children's Books >> Baby-3 >> General
• Children's Books >> Ages 4-8 >> General
• Children's Books >> Ages 9-12 >> General
• Children's Books >> Literature & Fiction >> Action & Adventure
• Children's Books >> Literature & Fiction >> Classics >> General
• Children's Books >> Science Fiction & Fantasy >> Comics & Graphic Novels
• Children's Books >> People & Places >> Boys & Men >> Fiction
• Children's Books >> Education & Reference >> Antiques & Collectibles
• Children's Books >> Cars, Trains & Things That Go >> General
• Children's Books >> Authors & Illustrators, A-Z >> ( K ) >> Kipling, Rudyard
• Literature & Fiction >> Books & Reading >> Reference
• Literature & Fiction >> General >> Classics
• Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
• Literature & Fiction >> General >> Literary
• Literature & Fiction >> Anthologies & Literary Collections >> General
• Literature & Fiction >> Genre Fiction >> Historical
• Literature & Fiction >> Genre Fiction >> Action & Adventure
• Literature & Fiction >> Genre Fiction >> Sea Stories
• Literature & Fiction >> History & Criticism
• Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> United States >> Classics >> General
• Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> United States >> Anthologies
• Literature & Fiction >> British & Irish >> 19th Century
• Literature & Fiction >> British & Irish >> Classics >> Kipling, Rudyard
• Literature & Fiction >> British & Irish >> General
• Literature & Fiction >> Authors, A-Z >> ( K ) >> Kipling, Rudyard
• Mystery, Thriller & Suspense >> Mystery >> General
• Mystery, Thriller & Suspense >> General
• Teen & Young Adult >> Literature & Fiction >> Classics
• Teen & Young Adult >> Literature & Fiction >> General