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Captains Courageous

Rudyard Kipling

Paperback | Pages: 161 pages

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Original Title:	Captains Courageous
ISBN:	0543895882 (ISBN13: 9780543895882)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Harvey Cheyne

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Harvey Cheyne Jr. an arrogant fifteen -year- old, greatly disliked by the annoyed passengers, spoiled son of a multi -millionaire railroad tycoon from San Diego, ( my hometown) is being taken to Europe by his parents on a luxury liner, a steamship, set in the late nineteenth century. As they enter the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, a fertile fishing area, Harvey is seasick, not helped by smoking a strong cigar, he needs fresh air fast, going on deck his legs are a bit wobbly,
head aching too, a rough sea's giant wave throws him overboard, the unconscious boy floats on the foaming surface...doomed. Fortunately the fishing- fleet is all around there and a Portuguese fisherman, Manuel, from Madeira Island, (been there also) on a dory, a small fishing vessel used to catch cod, is surprised seeing the strange object, as Harvey will be when he awakes on board the parent boat. At first the teenager doesn't know where... but soon telling the owner captain, Disko Troop, of the seventy- ton schooner, "We're Here ", from Gloucester, Massachusetts, to take him to New York. His rich father will pay him a vast amount of money for this little trip. The skeptical man cannot believe this fair tale from a penniless boy, instead hires him at ten and a half dollars a month as a common fisherman, indignant...yet Harvey needs to eat.The captain's son the same age, Dan is, becomes his best friend, the bright kid learns fast, helping the other eight men on board the boat, they quickly give him their respect, through hard work, in the back-breaking, slimy job, he has rightly earned. The environment turns strangers into friends , then family ( his busy father and emotional mother neglected him), the dangers of the treacherous ocean, where many of the brave die, lost in the thick fogs of the banks, are almost forgotten, for the first time in his life Harvey feels useful, he is contributing to a cause, joining with fellow men...happy, even when he recites stories of his wealth, they the fishermen smile but don't believe, it does not anger Mr. Cheyne anymore, he is a man now...Kipling is a magnificent writer, he shows how people interact with each person in a realistic way, the emotions and dispair of everyday life. This short novel will entertain but also give the reader something to think about , if you give people a chance , most will reciprocate the kindness.

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Title	:	Captains Courageous
Author	:	Rudyard Kipling
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 161 pages
Published	:	November 24th 2006 by Adamant Media Corporation (first published 1896)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. Adventure. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literature

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This is Kipling's only novel concerning North America. It is consistent with his others in the underlying theme that experience is the great teacher. Harvey Cheyne is a coddled adolescent whose parents' wealth he takes for granted. The bulk of the story concerns his going over the rail on an Atlantic steamship crossing and being rescued by the crew of a Great Banks fishing boat.Kipling has done a lot of research on North Atlantic fishing and the New England fishing crews. He gets the details



I'm writing this review to honour the likes that my friends have bestowed upon this book. I tried to take part in a bookish bingo challenge, and, patting myself on the back, I got this Rudyard Kipling booklet. How awful could it get, right? It was so poorly paced that I thought I was reading a 900 paged book. Avoid this at all cost.

This book was a refreshing change from modern life. Suddenly I found myself among cod fisherman, learning the ropes alongside our hero, Harvey, and listening to sea ditties (thanks to the vastly entertaining Audible version of this book). Kipling brings pure adventure with his lively plots filled with near misses, ghostly fog, and surly sailors. His skillful writing always makes me pause. There are many interesting turns of phrase but also great variety in the types of sentences, verb selections

Now, I know its not fair to judge a book on its movie (or vice versa), but I totally did. I love the adaptation of this story so much, but the book just doesnt live up. No Harvey/Manuel relationship, and Harveys character arc happens in the space of a single chapter in the first quarter of the book. The rest is all interesting and colorful accounts of fishing lifeand some didactic moralizing later onbut it doesnt live up to Freddie Bartholomew and Spencer Tracy.

What a lovely, entertaining story. I found Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling by chance. Kipling might be better known for The Jungle Book and Kim but this story was great.It starts with a bang. Young 15 year old Harvey Cheyne, son of a wealthy family and spoiled, is on a sea voyage with his mother when they hit a storm in the Grand Banks off Newfoundland, and he is washed overboard. Luckily for Harvey, the fishing fleet is working at the Grand Banks as well and one of the fishermen, out in

If you take a look at the informative channels on cable tv like National Geographic, Discovery, and Animal Planet, you will notice that there are a lot of programs about fishing. Deadliest Catch, Monster Fish, Wicked Tuna. Good to see fishermen plying their trade and makes one appreciate a job most people in cities do not give importance to.But a century before these shows, there was a book that portrayed fishing and the folks whose lives depend on it. But it wasn't just a book about fishing; it