Captains Courageous (Wordsworth Collection)

Kipling, Rudyard

ISBN 10: 1853262471 / ISBN 13: 9781853262470

Published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995

About this Item

Item has stickers attached to cover and or pages that have not been removed to prevent damage. Stains on outside cover inside the book. Cover Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.

Seller Inventory # 2Y6ZRZ000LXV_ns

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Captains Courageous (Wordsworth Collection)
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853262471
• ISBN 13: 9781853262470
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

The classic story of a spoiled rich boy who is lost overboard on a transatlantic crossing and saved by the men aboard a fishing boat. After much protest, Harvey Cheyne finally learns what it means to work for a living.

From the Publisher

The only one of Kipling's novels to be cast in an American setting, Captains Courageous endures as one of literature's most cherished and memorable sea adventures. Harvey Cheyne, spoiled millionaire's son, tumbles overboard from a luxury liner--only to be rescued by the crew of a Gloucester schooner. Thus begins the boy's second voyage into the rugged rites and ways of sailors. Like all Kipling's masterworks, Captains Courageous is an interweaving of art and moral purpose. Angus Wilson has said that it shows "delicacy of craft and violence of feeling, exactitude and wile impressionism, subtlety and true innocence." A popular favorite since its first publication in 1897, the novel remains a classic story of youthful initiation--and a lively tribute to the author's famous code of bravery, loyalty, an honor among men.