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Jan 07, 2014 | ISBN 9780451465658 Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
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Jan 07, 2014 | ISBN 9780451465658
Jan 21, 2014 | ISBN 9780698167841
One of Rudyard Kipling’s most enduringly popular works, Captains Courageous is a stirring coming-of-age story. Harvey Cheyne, the pampered fifteen-year-old son of an American millionaire, is sailing to Europe when he falls overboard. Saved from drowning by a New England fishing schooner, he finds his rough new companions unimpressed by his wealth and shocked by his ignorance. He will have to prove his worth in the only way the captain and crew will accept: through the slow and arduous mastery of skills upon which their common survival depends. With an Introduction by Marilyn Sides and an Afterword by Jane Yolen
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, to British parents on December 30, 1865. In 1871 Rudyard and his sister, Trix, aged three, were left to be cared for by a couple in Southsea, England. Five years passed before he… More about Rudyard Kipling
“The most complete man of genius I have ever known.”—Henry James “Throughout the world his voice commanded more respect than any citizen other than heads of state.”—Mark Twain “Of Kipling’s personal decency there can be no doubt….I for one cannot help wishing that I could offer some kind of tribute.”—George Orwell
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